12th July 2024, NewsOrient
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A bill at the House of Representatives seeking to create the sixth (6th) state in the Southeast zone has passed the second reading, NewsOrient reports.

Southeast is the the only zone in Nigeria that does not have up to six states even as some zones have seven states.

The bill sponsored by Amobi Ogah (LP, Abia), Miriam Onuoha (APC, Imo), Kama Nkemkama (LP, Ebonyi), Chinwe Nnabuife (YPP, Anambra), and Anayo Onwuegbu (LP, Enugu), seeks to create Etiti State from the five states in the Southeast states.

Ogah has reportedly said “the bill is meant to address the decades-long issue of regional parity and administrative efficiency in the Southeast zone. It seeks to create the state from Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, and Enugu.”

During plenary on Thursday, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Hon Abbas Tajudeen, the bill was passed the lawmakers through voice support for the next stage without debate.

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~ NewsOrient