The House of Representatives has approved a bill seeking to upgrade Lagos State’s 37 Development Area Councils into full-fledged Local Government Areas (LGAs), increasing the state’s total number of LGAs from 20 to 57.
The bill, one of 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.
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),” the proposed legislation scaled its second reading during Wednesday’s plenary session, presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
If enacted, the bill will increase the total number of LGAs in Nigeria from 774 to 811, making Lagos the state with the highest number of LGAs, surpassing Kano (44) and Katsina (34).
