BREAKING: House of Representatives propose 31 new states for Nigeria

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The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country.

The proposal for new states was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the session in the absence of the Speaker, Mr Tajudeen Abbas.

The committee chaired by Kalu proposed six new states for North Central, four in the North East, five in the North West, five in South East, four in South-South and seven in South West.

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