A former senator from Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has criticised the plan to add 31 new states to the 36 that now exist in the nation.
According to The Intercept, the Constitution Review Committee of the House of Representatives suggested that 31 new states be added to the nation.
The Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who chaired the plenary session on Thursday instead of Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, read a letter to the House of Representatives that included the request.
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Politicians only want to create mini-colonies for themselves, according to Sani, who responded to the development in a post on his X page on Friday, calling the proposal ironic and humorous. The former lawmaker claimed that the nation doesn’t need new states because many of them rely on the federal government allocation to survive.
He wrote, “While many states are dependent on federal allocation for their survival, the House of Representatives proposal for 31 states is ironic and comical. Politicians just want to carve out mini colonies for themselves.”
Under Kalu’s leadership, the committee proposed nine new states in the South-West, five in the North-West, five in the South-South, four in the North-East, and six more in the North-Central.
The states being considered include Okun, Okura and Confluence from Kogi; Benue Ala and Apa from Benue; FCT State; Amana from Adamawa; Katagum from Bauchi; Savannah from Borno; Muri from Taraba; New Kaduna and Gujarat from Kaduna State; Tiga and Ari from Kano; Kainji from Kebbi; Etiti and Orashi as the sixth states in the South-East; Adada from Enugu; and Orlu and Aba.
Others are Ogoja from Cross River, Warri from Delta, Ori and Obolo from Rivers, Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan from Oyo, Lagoon from Lagos, and Ogun, Ijebu from Ogun, and Oke Ogun/Ijesha from Oyo/Ogun/Osun States.
