Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has signed into law a bill establishing 29 new local government areas in the state
According to a document obtained by Daily Trust, the Acting Deputy Clerk of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Yerima, has forwarded the proposal to the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Review for approval and ratification under the ongoing constitutional amendment process.
Bauchi State currently has 20 constitutionally recognized local government areas. With the creation of 29 more, the state — which has an estimated population of about 10 million — will now have a total of 49 LGAs.
In a letter addressed to Senator Barau Jibrin, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review, Yerima stated: “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 additional local government areas in Bauchi State, 2025.”
He explained that the newly created LGAs will remain inchoate until the National Assembly enacts an accompanying law formalizing their names and status in accordance with Section 8(5) of the 1999 Constitution.
Yerima added that the law was duly passed in line with Subsection 3 of Section 100 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
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