HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE REJECTS PROPOSAL FOR CREATION OF 31 NEW STATES.
The House of Representatives Committee on the Constitutional Amendment has rejected all 31 proposals for the creation of new states, citing failure to meet constitutional requirements. The House received proposals for the creation of 31 new states on February 6, 2025, but the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed that none of the 31 requests for state creation in Nigeria met the constitutional requirements for consideration. […]