Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has suggested that Kano State should be split into five states in reaction to the National Assembly's proposal to create 31 new states in Nigeria,

"I strongly believe Kano, with its population nearing 20 million, deserves to be split into at least five states for better governance, development, and equitable resource distribution," he said in a post on X.

Below is a list of the proposed states to be created.

List of proposals for the creation of 31 states in Nigeria at the National Assembly:

NORTH-CENTRAL

1. BENUE ALA STATE from the present Benue State.

2. OKUN STATE from the present Kogi State

3. OKURA STATE from the present Kogi State

4. CONFLUENCE STATE from the present Kogi State

5. APA-AGBA STATE from Benue South Senatorial District

6. APA STATE from the present Benue State.

7. A 37th state, namely FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA

NORTH-EAST

8. AMANA STATE from the present Adamawa State.

9. KATAGUM STATE from the present Bauchi State.

10. SAVANNAH STATE from the present Borno State.

11.MURI STATE from the present Taraba State.

NORTH-WEST

12. NEW KADUNA STATE and GURARA STATE from the present Kaduna State.

13. TIGA STATE from the present Kano State.

14. KAINJI STATE from the present Kebbi State.

15. GHARI STATE from the present Kano State

SOUTH-EAST

16. ETITI STATE as the sixth (6th) state in the South East geopolitical zone.

17. ADADA STATE from the present Enugu State of Nigeria.

18. URASHI STATE as the sixth (6th) state in the South East geopolitical zone.

19. ORLU STATE from the South Eastern Region of Nigeria.

20. ABA STATE from the South Eastern Region of Nigeria.

SOUTH-SOUTH

21. OGOJA STATE from the present Cross River State.

22. WARRI STATE from the present Delta State.

23. BORI STATE from the present Rivers State

24. OBOLO STATE from the present Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.

SOUTH-WEST

25. TORU-EBE STATE from the present Delta, Edo, and Ondo States.

26. IBADAN STATE from the present Oyo State.

27. LAGOON STATE from the present Lagos State.

28. IJEBU STATE from the present Ogun State.

29. LAGOON STATE from the present Lagos State and Ogun State

30. IBADAN STATE from the present Oyo State.

31. OKE-OGUN and IFE-IJESHA STATES from the Present-day Ogun, Oyo, and Osun states.

The Committee on the Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) received legislative proposals aimed at the establishment of these new states and local governments.