FULL LIST OF 20 NEW STATES SUBMITTED TO SENATE COMMITTEE ON 1999 CONSTITUTION

Report making the round indicate that the Senate committee on constitution review has recommended that 20 new states be created. The committee reportedly reached this decision after it considered various factors including the ability of civilian administration to create states.

Reports states that referendum may be conducted for no fewer than 20 states. Several bills for the creation of new states had been submitted to the committee on review of the 1999 constitution.

However, making clarification on the bills proposing the creation of new states, Ajibola Basiru, spokesperson of the Senate, said the committee received the proposals but never made any recommendation.

The committee has recommended state status for the FCT.

The list of requests for new states is said to be quite long. They are:

ITAI State from Akwa Ibom

Katagum state from Bauchi

Okura state from Kogt East

Adada state from Enugu

Gurara state from Kaduna South 

Ijebu State from Ogun

Ibadan state from Oyo

Tiga State from Kano

Ghari State from Adamawa

Amana State from Adamawa

Gongola state from Adamawa

Mambilla state from Taraba

Savannah state from Borno

Okun state from Kogi

Etiti state from the southeast zone Orashi state from Imo and Anambra Njaba from the present Imo state or the excision of Aba state from Abia states, Anioma from Delta State, Torogbene and Oil River States, from Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states Bayajida state from parts of Katsina, Jigawa and Zamfara.