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31 state creation proposals rejected – house committee extends deadline

Summary by Pulse Nigeria
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu announced that none of the 31 requests for state creation in Nigeria have met the constitutional requirements for consideration. Kalu, who also chairs the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, disclosed this on Friday at a two-day retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The retreat, held from February 20 to 23, 2025, aimed to assess constitutional amend…

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31 state creation proposals rejected – house committee extends deadline

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu announced that none of the 31 requests for state creation in Nigeria have met the constitutional requirements for consideration. Kalu, who also chairs the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, disclosed this on Friday at a two-day retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The retreat, held from February 20 to 23, 2025, aimed to assess constitutional amend…

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31 states creation request failed constitutional requirements –Reps - Daily Trust

The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, has said that none of the 31 requests it received for state creation met the constitutional requirements. The chairman of the committee, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, who doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the House, disclosed this during a two-day retreat for members of the Committee in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State on Friday. The retreat, which will be held from February 20 to…

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31 state creation requests failed to meet constitutional requirements, says Deputy Speaker Kalu

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Rt Hon Benjamin Kalu, has said that none of the 31 requests it received for stateThe post 31 state creation requests failed to meet constitutional requirements, says Deputy Speaker Kalu appeared first on The Nation Newspaper.

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NASS Extends Deadline To March 5 As Applications For 31 States Creation Fail To Meet Constitutional Requirements, We’ve Received Over 200 Bills-Kalu - Daylight Reporters

NASS Extends Deadline To March 5 As Applications For 31 States Creation Fail To Meet Constitutional Requirements, We’ve Received Over 200 Bills-Kalu By Juliet  Vincent The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has informed that, the National Assembly has extended the deadline for the applications for the proposal to create 31 additional states to March 5 because the applications have all failed to meet Constitutional requ…

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31 new states’ requests fall short of constitutional requirements – Deputy Speaker Kalu

Amidst the ongoing debate on the requests for creation of 31 new states, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu has dropped a bombshell, saying none of the requests meet the constitutional requirements. The chairman of the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution said this on Friday during a two-day retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The retreat, jointly organized the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre and…

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Reps Committee Rejects 31 State Creation Proposals Over Constitutional Failures - TV360 Nigeria

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Amendment has rejected all 31 proposals for the creation of new states in Nigeria, citing that they failed to meet constitutional requirements. The proposals, which were submitted on February 6, 2025, did not satisfy the necessary constitutional criteria for consideration, according to Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Benjamin Kalu.…

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