Senate Committee Recommends Creation Of 20 New States [FULL LIST]

Senate Committee on Constitution Review has recommended the
creation of 20 new states.

They also proposed that referendum be conducted for the 20 new
states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Some of the proposed states are:

– ITAI State (from Akwa Ibom State)
– State status for the FCT
-Katagum State from Bauchi State
– Okura State from Kogi East
– Adada State from Enugu State
– Gurara State from Kaduna South
– Ijebu State from Ogun State
-Ibadan State from Oyo State
– Tiga State from Kano State
-Ghari State from Kano State
– Amana State from Adamawa
– Gongola State from Adamawa
– Mambilla State from Taraba State
– Savannah State from Borno State
-Okun state from Kogi State.
– Etiti State from the South East Zone
– Orashi State from Imo and Anambra states
-Njaba from the present Imo State
-Excision of Aba State from Abia State;
-Anioma State from Delta State
– Torogbene and Oil River States, from Bayelsa Delta and Rivers
states
-Bayajida State from parts of Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara
states.

State Police bill passed

Earlier, The House of Representatives has passed for second
reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow
creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits.
The current police system will be decentralised by moving police
from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List.

Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, who
sponsored the bill, said in the explanatory note that the bill
seeks to alter the Constitution “to provide for state police and
other state government security services to enhance security and
preservation of lives and properties in Nigeria”.

The bill especially proposes an amendment to Section 197(1) by
inserting new Paragraphs ‘e’ and ‘f’ to provide for ‘State Police
Council’ and ‘State Police Service Commission,’ respectively.

The Second Schedule to the Constitution will also be altered in
Part I by deleting Item 45 from the Exclusive Legislative List; and
in Part II by inserting after Item 30 on the Concurrent Legislative
List, new Items 31 and 32.

Igbo people want sixth state, says Uzodinma

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has advocated for an
additional state for the South-East region.

He said that Ndigbo would be proud of the country if a sixth
state was created in the region. States in the region at the moment
include Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Anambra while other
geopolitical zones have at at least six states.

Senate Committee on Constitution Review has recommended the
creation of 20 new states.

They also proposed that referendum be conducted for the 20 new
states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Some of the proposed states are:

– ITAI State (from Akwa Ibom State)
– State status for the FCT
-Katagum State from Bauchi State
– Okura State from Kogi East
– Adada State from Enugu State
– Gurara State from Kaduna South
– Ijebu State from Ogun State
-Ibadan State from Oyo State
– Tiga State from Kano State
-Ghari State from Kano State
– Amana State from Adamawa
– Gongola State from Adamawa
– Mambilla State from Taraba State
– Savannah State from Borno State
-Okun state from Kogi State.
– Etiti State from the South East Zone
– Orashi State from Imo and Anambra states
-Njaba from the present Imo State
-Excision of Aba State from Abia State;
-Anioma State from Delta State
– Torogbene and Oil River States, from Bayelsa Delta and Rivers
states
-Bayajida State from parts of Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara
states.

State Police bill passed

Earlier, The House of Representatives has passed for second
reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow
creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits.
The current police system will be decentralised by moving police
from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List.

Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, who
sponsored the bill, said in the explanatory note that the bill
seeks to alter the Constitution “to provide for state police and
other state government security services to enhance security and
preservation of lives and properties in Nigeria”.

The bill especially proposes an amendment to Section 197(1) by
inserting new Paragraphs ‘e’ and ‘f’ to provide for ‘State Police
Council’ and ‘State Police Service Commission,’ respectively.

The Second Schedule to the Constitution will also be altered in
Part I by deleting Item 45 from the Exclusive Legislative List; and
in Part II by inserting after Item 30 on the Concurrent Legislative
List, new Items 31 and 32.

Igbo people want sixth state, says Uzodinma

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has advocated for an
additional state for the South-East region.

He said that Ndigbo would be proud of the country if a sixth
state was created in the region. States in the region at the moment
include Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Anambra while other
geopolitical zones have at at least six states.