A former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has condemned the proposed creation of 31 additional states in addition to the Nigeria’s 36 existing states.
Chronicle NG reports that the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country.
The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of Representatives read during Thursday’s plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the session in place of the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.
Sani responded to the development in a post on his X page on Friday, calling the suggestion ludicrous and comical, claiming that politicians only want to carve up small colonies for themselves.
Sani argued that the country does not require more states because many states rely on federal funding to survive.
He wrote, “While many states are dependent on federal allocation for their survival, the House of Representatives proposal for 31 states is ironic and comical. Politicians just want to carve out mini colonies for themselves.”
The committee, led by Kalu, proposed six more states in the North-Central, four in the North-East, five in the North-West, five in the South-South, and seven in the South-West.
The states being considered include Okun, Okura, and Confluence from Kogi; Benue Ala and Apa from Benue; FCT State; Amana from Adamawa; Katagum from Bauchi; Savannah from Borno; Muri from Taraba; New Kaduna and Gujarat from Kaduna State; Tiga and Ari from Kano; Kainji from Kebbi; Etiti and Orashi as the sixth states in the South-East; Adada from Enugu; and Orlu and Aba.
Others are Ogoja from Cross River, Warri from Delta, Ori and Obolo from Rivers, Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan from Oyo, Lagoon from Lagos, and Ogun, Ijebu from Ogun, and Oke Ogun/Ijesha from Oyo/Ogun/Osun States.
