In a unanimous decision, the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria.
The decision was reached during the joint committee’s two-day retreat in Lagos on Saturday,
When passed into law and assented to by the President, the zone would be at par with the South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-East zones with six states.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and co-chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu.
In a statement after the meeting, the media unit of the joint committee states:
“Following the deliberations, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) moved a motion for the creation of the new state, which was seconded by Hon Ibrahim Isiaka (Ifo/Ewekoro, Ogun State).
“The motion received the unanimous support of committee members and was adopted,” the statement read in part.
Similarly, the committee also established a sub-committee to consider the creation of additional states and local government areas across all six geo-political zones, noting that a total of 278 proposals were submitted for review.”
Speaking, Deputy Senate President Barau, said: “We need to strengthen what we have started so that all parts of the country will key into this process.
“By the time we get to the actual voting, we should already have the buy-in of all stakeholders—from both chambers and the State Houses of Assembly.”
Prompt News reports that zone presently had five zones – Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
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