By Rauf Oyewole
The Bauchi State Government has signed a new law creating additional 29 local government areas while seeking the approval of the National Assembly for ratification in the ongoing constitution amendment.
In a document obtained by our Correspondent, Governor Bala Mohammed had on 28 October, 2025 signed the legislation while the acting deputy clerk of the House, Musa Yerima, sent the proposal to the Committee on Constitution Review.
Currently, Bauchi State has 20 local government areas recognised by the 1999 constitution, with the proposed 29 additional local government areas, the state with about 10 million estimated population will have 49 LGAs.
The Deputy Clerk, in his letter to Senator Barau Jibrin, the Chairman House Committee on Constitution Review, wrote, "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 a lotreas in Bauchi State, 2025.
"The additional Local Government Areas are inchoate until such time as the National Assembly shall pass an Act to make consequential provisions with respect to the names of the said additional Local Government Areas as provided for under Section 8(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"The said Law is hereby forwarded to the Chairman Joint Committee on Constitution Review Committee, National Assembly for further necessary action, please."
Yerima said that the Law has been passed in accordance with Sub-Section 3 of Section 100 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
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