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The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has unanimously approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone.
When created, the South-East will be at par with the South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-East zones with six states.
The South-East is the only geo-political zone with five states comprising Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
The North-West comprises seven states made up of Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and Jigawa states.
The resolution of the committee was reached during a two-day retreat in Lagos on Saturday, where it reviewed 55 proposals for state creation across the country.
The session, chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and co-chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, deliberated on the subject matter and resolved that in the spirit of fairness and equity, the Federal Government should create another state for the region.
Kalu, who joined other lawmakers to champion additional state creation for the region, argued that a new state would give the people a sense of belonging.
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
25th October 2025
