A bill proposing the creation of Etiti State from Anambra, Abia, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi states has passed its first reading in the House of Representatives.
The Bill to create one more state from the South-East was presented for initial review during plenary on Tuesday.
Five members of the House of Representatives, Amobi Ogah, Miriam Onuoha, Kama Nkemkama, Chinwe Nnabuife, and Anayo Onwuegbu, presented the proposal to form a new state from the five states in the region.
The proposed state would consist of 11 local government areas selected from the mentioned states with the capital designated to be situated in Lokpanta.
The proposed Bill aims to make changes to three sections of the 1999 constitution.
The word 36 would be replaced with 37 to include Etiti State and the word Etiti would come right after Enugu in the list of states in the amended 1999 Constitution.
The LGAs to be affected by the creation of the proposed state are Isuikwuato and Umu-Nneochi in Abia, Orumba North and Orumba South in Anambra, Ivo and Ohaozara in Ebonyi, Aninri, Awgu, and Oji River in Enugu, as well as Okigwe and Onuimo in Imo.