ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, and other key lawmakers are set to meet with proponents of the new state in the Southeast as part of ongoing consultations on state creation in the region.
The meeting, scheduled for November 14, 2025, in one of the Southeast state capitals, will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including members of the National Assembly, governors, speakers and deputy speakers of state Houses of Assembly, ministers, and heads of federal agencies from the region.
According to a statement released after a high-level meeting between the Deputy Speaker and the South-East Caucus of the Senate on Monday, the forum will provide an opportunity for proponents of the new state to present their case and for stakeholders to harmonise their positions ahead of parliamentary consideration.
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At the meeting chaired by Senator Osita Isunaso, lawmakers from the region resolved to pursue a unified position on state creation before submitting it to the National Assembly for debate and voting.
A similar consultative meeting had earlier been held at the House of Representatives, where lawmakers agreed to extend the engagement to the Senate to ensure broad consensus.
It will be recalled that the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Constitution Review, during its recent retreat in Lagos, co-chaired by Deputy Senate President Senator Jubrin Barau and Benjamin Kalu, approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East.
The move aims to bring the geopolitical zone at par with other regions of the country that already have six states.