The Digest:
Nigeria's political landscape could be set for its most significant expansion in decades as a joint National Assembly committee has approved the creation of six new states. According to a report from Leadership, the constitutional review committee resolved to create one additional state in each of the six geo-political zones, a move that would increase the total number of states in the federation from 36 to 42 if passed by the full legislature.
Key Points:
- A joint National Assembly committee has approved the creation of six new states.
- The plan is to create one new state in each of the six geo-political zones.
- This would increase Nigeria's total number of states from 36 to 42.
- The committee considered 55 separate state creation requests during a retreat.
- A sub-committee has been formed to identify the specific areas for the new states.
- The final report is scheduled to be presented to the full National Assembly in November.
- The South-East zone, which currently has five states, would be raised to six.
Sources: Leadership
