The House of Representatives has given legislative fillip to a bill seeking to transform Lagos State’s 37 Development Area Councils into full-fledged local government areas (LGAs).
If passed into law, this will increase the total number of LGAs in the state from 20 to 57 and also takes the number of LGAs in the country to 811 from 774.
Theliberationnews gathered that the bill which was among the 42 constitutional amendment bills passed on Wednesday was sponsored by Hon. James
Abiodun Faleke (Ikeja Federal Constituency), Hon. Babajimi Benson (Ikorodu Federal Constituency), and Hon. Enitan
Dolapo Badru (Lagos Island I Federal Constituency), alongside 19 other lawmakers.
The proposed legislation is titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to Accommodate the Thirty-Seven (37) Development Area Councils of Lagos State as Full-Fledged Local Government Areas, Increasing the Total Number of Local Government Areas in the Federation to Eight Hundred and Eleven (811), and for Related Matters (HB. 1498)”
It scaled second reading on Wednesday during plenary presided over by deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu.
