Senate Committee on Constitution Review has recommended the creation of 20 new states in the country.
They also proposed that referendum be conducted for the 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Some of the proposed states are: ITAI State (from Akwa Ibom State), State status for the FCT, Katagum State from Bauchi State, Okura State from Kogi East, and Adada State from Enugu State.
Others include Gurara State from Kaduna South, Ijebu State from Ogun State, Ibadan State from Oyo State, Tiga State from Kano State, Ghari State from Kano State, and Amana State from Adamawa.
In the list includes Gongola State from Adamawa, Mambilla State from Taraba State, Savannah State from Borno State, Okun state from Kogi State, Etiti State from the South East Zone, Orashi State from Imo and Anambra states, Njaba from the present Imo State.
Included are, Excision of Aba State from Abia State, Anioma State from Delta State, Torogbene and Oil River States, from Bayelsa Delta and Rivers states, and Bayajida State from parts of Katsina, Jigawa, and Zamfara states.
It was gathered that the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has advocated for an additional state for the South-East region.
He said that Ndigbo would be proud of the country if a sixth state was created in the region.
There are five States in the region at the moment, which are Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Anambra while other geopolitical zones have at at least six states.