The bill to create another state in the Southeast region passed a second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday, July 11.
The bill, seeks to create “Etiti state” from the five South-Eastern states and was sponsored by Amobi Ogah (LP, Abia), Miriam Onuoha (APC, Imo), Kama Nkemkama (LP, Ebonyi), Chinwe Nnabuife (YPP, Anambra), and Anayo Onwuegbu (LP, Enugu).
As reported by Channels TV, Ogah said the bill is meant to address the decades-long issue of regional parity and administrative efficiency in the South-East zone.
As reported by The Cable, the lawmakers are proposing to alter the 1999 Constitution to create a new state from Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo.
The new state will be known as Etiti, with Lokpanta as its capital.
But during plenary on Thursday, the bill was passed for the next stage without debate by the lawmakers.
When the Speaker of the House Abbas Tajudeen put the bill to a voice vote, the lawmakers voted in support.
Similarly, TheNGblog reported that a bill seeking the creation of a new state carved out from Kano state was passed at the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, July 10.
Senator Kawu Suleiman Abdurrahman introduced the “Tiga State Bill, 2024 (SB.523)” in the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, July 10.
The bill had its first reading on Wednesday at the red chamber and Tiga State, according to the senator, would be carved out from Kano which currently boasts of 44 local governments in Nigeria.
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