A bill seeking the creation of three additional states in Nigeria has been listed for presentation in the House of Representatives.
Nigerians have taken to social media to disapprove of the House of Representatives bill seeking the creation of more states in the nation.
Chronicle NG reports on how citizens reacted to the House of Representatives bill for more state creation.
“The 36 states are not even half developed, yet they want to create more, Tobi Jubril did not accept the intentions.”
Moceede wrote, “Misplaced priorities; more states aren’t what we need, but to match some together. He added that Jigawa is too irrelevant, and should be the 45th LGA of Kano State. Also, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Kebbi should ideally be one state.”
Three more state governors, three deputies, and Several members of the State House of Assembly, more commissioners, more SAs, SSAs, and PAs, more looting, and many more Beta Edu, @racism_no2 with the X user account, highlighted the political formation of the proposed new states, and corruption tendencies. and exclaimed, “There is God ooooo”.
“State of emergency, state of confusion, state of the nation,” Ma-tyres Curates made light of it.
Sponsored by the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, Oluwole Oke, the proposed law seeks the creation of Oke-Ogun, Ijebu, and Ife-Ijesa states.
The proposed legislation is titled “A Bill for an Act to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)”.
It seeks an amendment to the First Schedule, Part I of the Constitution to read, “The First Schedule, Part I of the Constitution is amended by introducing new states and reducing the number of local government areas.”
In the draft bill, Oke-Ogun State with Iseyin as the proposed capital city would be made up of 12 local government areas, including Olorunsogo, Irepo, Oorerelope, Ogbomosho North, Ogbomosho South, Saki-East, Saki-West, Atisbo, Itesiwaju, Iwajowa, Kajola and Iseyin.
On the other hand, Ijebu State, when created, will comprise Ijebu East, Ijebu North-East, Ijebu Ode, Ikenne, Odogbolu, Ogun Waterside, Remo North, and Sagamu LGAs. The proposed capital city for Ijebu State is Ijebu Ode.
According to Oke, who chairs the House Committee on Judiciary, Ife Ijesa State is to be made up of 11 LGAs made up of Atakunmosa East, Atakunmosa West, Boluwaduro, Ife Central, Ife East, Ife North, Ife South, Ilesa East, Ilesa West, Oboku, and Oriade.
In a letter dated February 6, 2024, and addressed to the Clerk of the House, Oke wrote: “I wish to forward the above mentioned bill to your office for further necessary legislative action to enable me to move the same in our great green chamber, sir.”
The South-West geopolitical zone is currently made up of six federating states, which are Ondo, Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, and Ekiti states.
