Bill For The Creation Of Uturu-Chieze Local Government Area Also Passes First Reading
Hon. Amobi Ogah, the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency on Tuesday sponsored a bill that sought the alteration of the 1999 Constitution as amended to create Etiti State in the Southeast region of the country.
Daily Newslead reports that the bill which passed through Tuesday’s first reading in the House of Representatives was jointly sponsored by Hon. Ogah and four other lawmakers representing the affected communities in the proposed State.
The other members include Hon. Princess Miriam Odinaka Onuoha, representing Okigwe/ Onuimo Federal Constituency; Hon. Kama Nkemkama, representing Ivo/Ohazara Federal Constituency; Hon. Princess Chinwe Nnabuife, representing Orumba South/North Federal Constituency; and Hon. Anayo Onwuegbu, representing Oji River/Awgu/Aninri Federal Constituency.
The proposed Etiti State is to be created out of the present Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states and will have 11 local government areas drawn from the five states with headquarters at Lokpanta, Umunneochi LGA.
The bill sponsored by Hon. Ogah and four others seeks to alter three sections of the 1999 constitution, to delete the word 36 and replace it with the word 37 to accommodate the new state and to insert the word Etiti, immediately after Enugu in the alphabetical order of the list of states contained in the Constitution.
The bill also seeks to alter the listing of local governments according to state and transfer the 11 local government areas from their current states to the new state.
The local government to be affected in the proposed State are Isuikwuato and Umunneochi (Abia), Orumba North and Orumba South (Anambra), Ivo and Ohaozara (Ebonyi), Aninri, Agwu and Oji River (Enugu) as well as Okigwe and Onuimo (Imo).
Meanwhile, a bill seeking the creation of Uturu-Chieze Local Government Area has passed the first reading.
The bill was sponsored by the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah.
The bill sought the alteration of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and to provide for the creation of Uturu-Chieze Local Government Area out of the present Isuikwuato and Umunneochi local government areas of Abia State.
