Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Abuja - The House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution is considering about 46 requests for the creation of new states and 117 requests for new local government areas across the 36 states of the federation.

The House Committee is also considering two requests for boundary adjustment as well as about 86 Constitution amendment bills passed by the House.

As reported by The Nation, the North Central is leading the pack for the request for new states with 12 requests, followed by the South West with 8 requests, the North West and South-south have 7 requests each, while the North East and South East have 6 requests each.

The North East has 22 requests for the creation of a new local government areas, the North West has 14 requests, North Central has 21 requests, South East has 24 requests, Southwest has 12 requests, while the South-South has 24 requests.

Speaking on the development, chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review and Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, said he segmented all the memoranda and bills received by the committee into different categories to aid the public in making their contributions to the process.

He listed the areas of attention as electoral reforms, judicial reforms, the legislature, inclusive governance, security and policing, devolution of powers, strengthening of institutions, traditional institutions, fiscal reforms, citizenship and indigeneship, fundamental human rights, local government reform, as we will as creation of states and local governments.

Kalu asked Nigerians to participate fully in the process of reviewing the 1999 constitution to bring it to our expectations, saying those who refuse to participate in the exercise should not complain later.

"The Bills, sponsored by Members of the House, represent legislative efforts aimed at addressing various developmental challenges affecting governance practices in Nigeria," Kalu said.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Nigeria's House of Representatives gave an update on requests to create new states.

Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker, said no state creation requests had met the constitutional requirements.

According to the senator, the committee had extended the submission date to Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

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Source: Legit.ng