NASS joint committee approves creation of additional state for South East

In a historic move aimed at correcting long-standing regional imbalance, the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on Constitution Review has approved the creation of an additional state in Nigeria's South East geopolitical zone.The decision, reached at the end of a two-day retreat in Lagos, will increase the number of states in the South East from five to six — aligning the zone more closely with others that currently have six or seven states.