08/08/2021
Full List of 23 New States In Nigeria Being Proposed By Senate Constitution Review Committee
infomediang.com
Aug 8, 2021 12:07 PM

Nigeria was a federating state comprising three regions till Independence in 1960, it became four regions by 1963 with the creation of the Mid-Western region. By 1967, 12 states were created, thereby overhauling regional government.
Other successive governments created more states to bring the total to 36 at the time of this publication, but Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Constitution Review believes Nigeria needs more states, as such they submitted a proposal for the creation of additional 23 new states in Nigeria.
If the creation of the new states scaled through, it would bring the total number of states in Nigeria to 59.
How they plan to get it done:
According to a report, the Senate Committee proposed that referendum should be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bring the creation to fruition.
Below are the 23 new states the Senate is proposing to be created out of the existing 36 states and the geo-political zones where each of the proposed states would come from:
Proposed StatesThe existing States From Which They Will Be CreatedGeo-Political ZonesIbadan StateOyoWestIjebu StateOgunWestEtiti StateAbia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu,southeast ZoneTiga StateKanoNorth WestGhari StateKanoNorth WestGurara StateKaduna (South)North WestOrashi StateImo and AnambraSouth EastAdada StateEnuguSouth EastExcision of Aba StateAbiaSouth EastNjaba StateImoSouth EastAnioma StateDeltaSouth-SouthMambilla StateTarabaNorth EastAmana StateAdamawaNorth EastGongola StateAdamawaNorth EastKatagum StateBauchiNorth EastTorogbene StateBayelsa (Delta)South-South Oil River StatesRiversSouth-SouthSavannah StateBornoNorth EastOkun stateKogiNorth CentralOkura StateKogi (East)North CentralBayajida State Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara statesNorth WestITAI StateAkwa IbomSouth-SouthAbuja StateFederal Capital Territory (FCT)North Cent
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