Bauchi Moves To Create 29 New LGAs

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed a Bill for the instauration of 29 further section authorities areas (LGAs) successful the state, bringing the full fig of LGAs to 49 if approved by the National Assembly.

The projected legislation, titled “A Bill to supply for the Creation of 29 New Additional Local Government Areas successful Bauchi State, 2025”, was precocious passed by the State Assembly and forwarded to the National Assembly for information by the Committee connected the Review of the 1999 Constitution.

In a missive signed by the acting lawman Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Musa Yerima, and addressed to the president of the Senate Committee connected Constitution Review, Senator Barau Jibrin, helium stated, “I americium pleased to pass you that the Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed into instrumentality a Bill to supply for the instauration of 29 caller further Local Government Areas successful Bauchi State, 2025.”

The letter, made disposable to journalists successful Bauchi connected Thursday, explained that the caller LGAs would stay inchoate until the National Assembly enacts an enabling instrumentality successful accordance with Section 8(5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

“The further Local Government Areas listed successful Schedule II to this instrumentality are inchoate until specified clip arsenic the National Assembly shall walk an Act to marque consequential provisions with respect to the names of the said further Local Government Areas,” the missive work successful part.

“The said instrumentality is hereby forwarded to the Chairman, Joint Committee connected Constitution Review, National Assembly, for further indispensable action,” the missive added.

The caller projected LGAs and their office see Balma (Nasaru arsenic headquarters), Bauchi East (Women Centre arsenic headquarters), Bauchi West (Miri), Beshongo (Beni), Bula (Bununu), Burra (Burra), Chinade (Chinade), Dagauda/Jalam (Dagauda).

Others are Disina (with the office successful Disina), Dogon Jeji/Jurara (Dogon Jeji), Dass-West (Lukshi), Gadau (Gadau), Galambi (Kangere), Ganjuwa East (Soro), Girawa (Faggo), Gololo (Gololo), and Gwana (Futuk),

The remainder are Isawa LGA (Isawa), Jama’a (Nabardo), Karkara (Akuyam), Lame (Lame), Lere (Lere), Madara (Madara), Sade (Sade), Sakuwa (Sakuwa), Udubo (Udubo), Saye (Hardawa), Yankari (Yelwa Duguri), and Zungur LGA with the office successful Liman Katagum.

If approved, Bauchi State volition grow its administrative scope from the existent 20 LGAs to 49.