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The Senate, on Tuesday, passed for first reading bills seeking to create two additional South-East states to increase states in the region to seven.

This was as a bill seeking the creation of Etiti State in the South-East geo-political zone was read for the first time on the floor of the House of Representatives during plenary on Tuesday.

The development comes about three weeks after another bill seeking the creation of Orlu State out of Imo, Abia, and Anambra states similarly passed the first reading on June 6.

The states proposed separately by Senators Ned Nwoko (PDP, Delta North) and Okechukwu Ezea (LP, Enugu North) are the Anioma and Adada states, respectively.

Nwoko’s bill seeks to alter three sections of the 1999 Constitution, to delete the word 36 and replace it with the word 37 to accommodate the new state and to insert the word Anioma, immediately after Delta in the list of states contained in the Constitution.

The proposed Anioma State would encompass the local government areas of Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Ika North-East, Ika South, Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, and Ukwuani, with Asaba designated as the state capital.

The Delta Senator added, “I am presenting a bill for the creation of Anioma State to correct this historical oversight. Anioma is composed of nine local government areas, six of which are rich in oil and gas resources.

“The region also boasts significant human capital, making it a viable and sustainable candidate for statehood. Creating Anioma state is not just about increasing the number of states; it is about ensuring fair representation and resource allocation for the South East.”

In the House of Representatives, five members of from the South-East, proposed the creation of Etiti State to be carved out of the present Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.

It will have 11 local government areas drawn from the five states with the capital to be located at Lokpanta.

The sponsors of the bill are Amobi Ogah, Miriam Onuoha, Kama Nkemkama, Chinwe Nnabuife and Anayo Onwuegbu.

They want an alteration of Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution, by replacing 36 states with 37 states.

The bill also seeks to alter the listing of local government areas according to states and transfer the 11 local government areas from their current states to the proposed Etiti State.

The local governments to be affected if the state is created are Isuikwuato and Umu-Nneochi (Abia), Orumba North and Orumba South (Anambra), Ivo and Ohaozara (Ebonyi), Aninri, Awgu and Oji River (Enugu) as well as Okigwe and Onuimo (Imo).

The bill comes about three weeks after one seeking the creation of Orlu State to be carved out of Imo, Abia, and Anambra states, passed the first reading in the House of Representatives on June 6.

The bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency, Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, and others.

The bill also seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution by inserting a new paragraph, which will include 28 local government areas, namely Orlu, Orsu, Oru West, Oru East, Ideato North, Ideato South, Njaba, Nkwerre, Nwangele, Isu, Oguta, Ohaji Egbema, Onuimo, Ihiala, Uga, Ihiala, Uli, Ozubulu, Akokwa, Arondizuogu, Umuchu, Umunze, Umuaku, New Ideato North, Nwabosi West, Nwabosi East, Owerre Nkworji, Alaoma, Amaifeke, and Owerrebiri Umuowa.

Ugochinyere, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, appealed to his colleagues at the National Assembly to support the bill to ensure its passage through a second reading.

He stated that the creation of Orlu State would lead to the emergence of Ideato as a senatorial district. In the current political configuration, the North-West comprises seven states while the North-East, North-Central, South-South and South-West consist of six states each. Only the South-East has five states.

However, the South-West is seeking the creation of Oke-Ogun State, which, when created, would bring it at par with the North-West.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/nassembly-pushes-for-two-more-seast-states/%3famp

In another development, youths in Aniocha and Oshimili in Delta state protest the exclusion of their area into the South East Development Comission Bill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOE5A2pBtyk?si=vVsljUnB1wP7Vm8Z

Jokers! The smallest region by landmass wants to create two additional states. If Tinubu is serious about returning Nigeria to regions, this is the right time to do it. South East doesn't need any more state. The Anioma State can be created out of Delta and added to the 5 states of the South East, thereby making it six states.

SmartPolician:
Jokers! The smallest region by landmass wants to create two additional states. If Tinubu is serious about returning Nigeria to regions, this is the right time to do it. South East doesn't need any more state. The Anioma State can be created out of Delta and added to the 5 states of the South East, thereby making it six states.

Do you post comments before reading articles?

DBA

SmartPolician:
Jokers! The smallest region by landmass wants to create two additional states. If Tinubu is serious about returning Nigeria to regions, this is the right time to do it. South East doesn't need any more state. The Anioma State can be created out of Delta and added to the 5 states of the South East, thereby making it six states.

Landmass does not determine states but resources, among which human resources rank highest. In Nigeria large states depend on the resources of smaller states inorder to survive, and smaller states are richer. If state are to depend completely on their resources, your large states will starve and collapse.

Are these really the remedy

Can that be possible

SmartPolician:
Jokers! The smallest region by landmass wants to create two additional states. If Tinubu is serious about returning Nigeria to regions, this is the right time to do it. South East doesn't need any more state. The Anioma State can be created out of Delta and added to the 5 states of the South East, thereby making it six states.

It's obvious you comment b4 thinking. Too bad

nonesense

South East to have seven, who dey whine who?
Then North and West would allow that to fly. But they need to balance it at least to six.

Naija with misplaced priorities

Nigeria has serious structural defects. All the calls for new states are targeted at the federation account, nothing more.

"it is about ensuring fair representation and resource allocation for the South East.”

Just like I said.

Abba Moro should better push for an Idoma state oh. Idomas are way to educated and resourceful to remain under the Tivs in Benue state.

Welcome development, but not what we need now in our country. Tackle insecurity, cut cost of governance, scrap lower house of assembly, food security and others.

Things are seriously getting out of hand, and our Representatives are busy looking for what will never come true. Chai

I hailed politicians of which southeast will not get a single state the bill will trash in second reading. That other state is to counter Anioma the first proposed state.

2 you never get 1 first, unserious people
Etiti state
Orlu state
Anioma state
They’re all thinking selfishly not for imbalance in the zonal system. They can’t sit together and agreed on one before talking about it in the house, this is how they will use their selfishness to scatter everything. Very unorganized people 🧐🧐🧐🧐😡

Clowns

Instead of them to reduce the number of states in the country to 18...they are even trying to add more ... so that senators and house of rep members will increase and lore house of assembly, more governors, more SA to governors more government officials and more wastage of funds that we don't have ... these politicians should b stoned

Seven kwa, joke of the century. No civilian government has ever increased the number of states we have or added to it. If a tiny geographical area of south east that's approximately the size of Oyo state is bidding for seven state and south west remain six then these people should know they are only playing to the gallery. It's pure effort in futility.

Have they consulted ipob first

Yfhf

What in the world is wrong with all this politifecians

Why can you just do something to help the poor
Order. Banks to give loen at low rate of 3% picent


Give all major player in all field equal opportunity to invest without hidden charges or tax that will kill business

Very good one but Ebimpawa ooooo Tinubu werey man

We all know that this effort to te states will fail but politicians from other regions would not consider the issue based on merit but on ethic sentiment. They would automatically vote against it, This Country ehh.

When the old ones cannot pay living wage

Delta state is too big
Make them divide the state
Why do you think they used to call it the big heart