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22 New States Nigerian Senate Committee Proposes To Be Created (Full List)
22 new states Nigerian Senate committee proposes to be created, see full list below..
A Committee of the Nigerian Senate on Constitution Review has recommended the creation of 22 new states.
The committee also wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a referendum for the 22 new states, according to Naija News.
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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 Bayelsae Delta and Rivers states
- Bayajida State from parts of Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara states.
Creation of State Police
Also the Federal House of Representatives has also been approved for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits.
According to the bill, the current police system will be decentralised by moving police from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List.
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