Bill to create Ibadan State passes second reading in Reps

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja

The House of Representatives connected Thursday passed a measure seeking to make a caller authorities successful the south-west geopolitical portion for 2nd speechmaking successful the House of Representatives.

The projected legislation, which is sponsored by Abass Adigun, lawmaker representing the Ibadan Northeast/Ibadan Southeast national constituency, scaled 2nd speechmaking during plenary connected Thursday.

The measure is proposing to change the 1999 constitution to make Ibadan authorities from Oyo state.

Leading the statement connected the bill, Adigun noted that portion Enugu and Kaduna, erstwhile capitals of the erstwhile Western Region, person since go states, Ibadan has not.

He said the measure represents a “monumental measurement toward equitable improvement done federalism and realisation of the long-held aspiration of the radical of Ibadan”.

The lawmaker said Ibadan has the colonisation and landmass to go a state.

Adigun said 1 section authorities successful Ibadan is bigger than 3 section governments successful Bayelsa State.

He was rapidly countered by Obuku Ofurji, representing the Yenagoa/Opokuma national constituency of Bayelsa, who rejected his claim, describing it arsenic irrelevant and disrespectful to the state.

Adigun apologised but maintained that it was a information earlier continuing his debate.

This measure adds to the increasing database of bills seeking to make caller states successful the country.

Benjamin Kalu, the lawman speaker, who presided implicit plenary, referred the measure to the committee connected law review.

The nationalist assembly is presently amending the 1999 Constitution.

In January, Kalu, who chairs the location committee connected constitution review, said the amendment would beryllium completed successful December 2025.

Amending the constitution to make a caller authorities oregon set boundaries is an arduous task.

Section 8(1) of the constitution stipulates that a caller authorities tin lone beryllium created if it is supported by “at slightest two-thirds bulk of members (representing the country demanding the instauration of the caller state) successful each of the following, namely — “(i) the Senate and the House of Representatives. (ii) the House of Assembly successful respect of the area”.

“(iii) And the section authorities councils successful respect of the country is received by the National Assembly; (b) a connection for the instauration of the State is thereafter approved successful a referendum by astatine slightest two-thirds bulk of the radical of the country wherever the request for the instauration of the authorities originated.

“(c) The effect of the referendum is past approved by a elemental bulk of each the states of the Federation, supported by a elemental bulk of members of the Houses of Assembly.

“(d) The connection is approved by a solution passed by a two-thirds bulk of members of each House of the National Assembly.”

No authorities has been created since Nigeria returned to antiauthoritarian regularisation successful 1999.

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