- The Senate Committee also proposed that a referendum should be conducted for the 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Senate Committee on Constitutional Review has recommended the creation of 20 new states in Nigeria.
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According to the list submitted by the committee to the Senate, the Committee recommended the creation of more 11 states in the northern part of country, two in Southwest region and seven in South-South and Southeast.
The Senate Committee also proposed that a referendum should be conducted for the 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Below is the full list of the names of the new states as recommended by the Senate Committee:
ITAI State (from Akwa Ibom State)
State status for the FCT
Katagum State from Bauchi State
Okura State from Kogi East
Adada State from Enugu State
Gurara State from Kaduna South
Ijebu State from Ogun State
Ibadan State from Oyo State
Tiga State from Kano State
Ghari State from Kano State
Amana State from Adamawa
Gongola State from Adamawa
Mambilla State from Taraba State
Savannah State from Borno State
Okun state from Kogi State.
Etiti State from the South East Zone
Orashi State from Imo and Anambra states
Njaba from the present Imo State
Excision of Aba State from Abia State;
Anioma State from Delta State
Torogbene and Oil River States, from Bayelsa Delta and Rivers states
Bayajida State from parts of Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara states.
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