Bauchi Governor Signs Law Creating 29 Additional Local Government Areas
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has signed a law creating 29 additional local government areas in the state.
The Acting Deputy Clerk of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Yerima, confirmed in a document obtained by Daily Trust that the law has been forwarded to the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Review for approval and ratification under the ongoing constitutional amendment process.
Currently, Bauchi State has 20 constitutionally recognized local government areas. With the addition of 29 new LGAs, the state, which has an estimated population of about 10 million, will have a total of 49 local government areas once the National Assembly completes the process.
In a letter to Senator Barau Jibrin, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review, Yerima said: “I am pleased to inform you that the Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill to provide for the creation of 29 new additional local government areas in Bauchi State, 2025.”
He added that the new LGAs will remain provisional until the National Assembly enacts an accompanying law to formalize their names and status, in line with Section 8(5) of the 1999 Constitution.
Yerima noted that the law was passed in accordance with Subsection 3 of Section 100 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.
