Igbo Leaders should caution those representing the south Easterners in the National House to keep self, avoid self centeredness and unitedly work to actualize the creation of state in south East. Now we have suggestions for 1 .Orlu State, 2 Anioma State and 3. Etiti state. Let suggestions not be based on political interest but with interest to fill the gap and benefit citizens in ensuring dividend of democracy.
Recall that on Tuesday Bill for the creation of Etiti state passed first reading, Bill for creation of Anioma state passed first Reading While bill for creation of Orlu state has also passed first reading
This bill Sponsored by Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah representing Isikwuato/ Umunneochi federal Constituency and four others representing the affected communities in the House of Representatives on Tuesday .
They include Hon. Princess Miriam Odinaka Onuoha representing Okigwe and Onuimo federal constituency, Hon. Kama Nkemkama representing ivo/ ohazara federal constituency, Hon. Princess Chinwe Nnabuife representing Orumba South and North Federal Constituency and Hon. Anayo Onwuegbu representing Oji river/ Agwai/ aniri federal constituency.
The proposed state is to be created out of the present Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
He said when created, the new state will have 11 local government areas drawn from the five states with headquarters at Lokpanta.
The bill seeks to alter three sections of the 1999 constitution, to delete the word 36 and replacing it with the word 37 to accommodate the new state and to insert the word Etiti, immediately after Enugu in the list of states contained in the Constitution.
It also seek to alter the listing of local government according to states and transfer the 11 local government areas from their current states to the new state.
The local government to be affected are Isuikwuato and Umu-Nneochi (Abia), Orumba North and Orumba South (Anambra), Ivo and Ohaozara (Ebonyi), Aninri, Agwu and Oji River (Enugu) as well as Okigwe and Onuimo (Imo).
While the Bill sponsored by Ugochinyere