State creation: Full list of 31 new states wey House of Reps propose
Na on Thursday dem make di proposal for di creation of new states wen dem read di letter during plenary session. Na Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, wey preside ova di session.
Chairman of di committee, Benjamin Kalu propose say make dem create six new states for North Central, four for North East, five for North West, five for South East, four for South-South and seven for South West.
If di National Assembly approve dis proposal, Nigeria go get 67 wey don big pass di 50 states wey America get.
Di letter state say "Dis na to inform members say di House of Representatives Committee on di Review of di Constitution of di Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), don receive legislative proposals for di creation of states and local goments for di following order:
See di breakdown of states hia:
NORTH-CENTRAL
NORTH-EAST
8. AMANA STATE from Adamawa State.
9. KATAGUM STATE from Bauchi State.
10. SAVANNAH STATE from Borno State.
11.MURI STATE from Taraba State.
NORTH-WEST
12.NEW KADUNA STATE and GURARA STATE from Kaduna State.
13. TIGA STATE from Kano State.
14. KAINJI STATE from Kebbi State.
15. GHARI STATE from Kano State
SOUTH-EAST
16. ETITI STATE go be di sixth state for di South East geopolitical zone.
17. ADADA STATE from Enugu State.
18. URASHI STATE from South East geopolitical zone.
19. ORLU STATE from di South Eastern Region of Nigeria.
20. ABA STATE from the South Eastern Region of Nigeria.
SOUTH-SOUTH
21. OGOJA STATE from Cross River State.
22. WARRI STATE from Delta State.
23. BORI STATE from Rivers State.
24. OBOLO STATE from Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.
SOUTH-WEST
25. TORU-EBE STATE from Delta, Edo, and Ondo States.
26. IBADAN STATE from Oyo State.
27. LAGOON STATE from Lagos State.
28. IJEBU STATE from Ogun State.
31. OKE-OGUN and IFE-IJESHA STATES from Ogun, Oyo, and Osun states.
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