Etiti, FCT, New Kaduna, 28 other proposed new states get listed by Reps Committee

House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution on Thursday announced the receipt of 31 proposals for the creation of new States across the six geopolitical zones of the country.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu during the plenary, on Thursday.

Read a letter from the Committee, Kalu outlined the conditions that must be met before any State creation request can be approved.

According to the letter, the proposals include five from the North Central. Four from the Northeast, five from the Northwest, five from the Southeast. Others are four from the South-south, and seven from the Southwest.

Here are the 31 proposed states: 

1. Okun
2. Okura
3. Confluence
4. Benue Ala
5. Apa
6. FCT State
7. Amana
8. Katagum
9. Savannah
10. Muri
11. New Kaduna state
12. Gujarat state
13. Tiga
14. Ari
15. Kainji
16. Etiti
17. Orashi
18. Adada
19. Orlu
20. Aba
21. Ogoja
22. Warri
23. Ori
24. Obolo
25. Torumbe
26. Ibadan
27. Lagoon
28. Ijebu
29. Oke Ogun
30. Lagoon (Ogun)
31. Ijesha

source: The Nation

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