Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has received 31 state creation requests in the ongoing constitution amendment process.

Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Committee, Ben Kalu, announced this on Thursday during the plenary session.

Mr Kalu said the committee, in line with Section 8 of the 1999 Constitution, will proceed with the process for requests that meet the constitutional threshold.

In the South-east, there are five requests: Etiti, Orashi, Adada, Orlu and Aba States.

Furthermore, there are four requests from the South-south region,h comprising Ogoja from Cross River, Warri from Delta, and Ori and Obolo from Rivers State.

In the South-west, there is Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan fro...