Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has approved and signed into law a bill establishing 29 new local government areas across the state.

According to an official document obtained by Daily Trust, the Acting Deputy Clerk of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Yerima, has forwarded the law to the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Review for ratification as part of the ongoing constitutional amendment process.

With this new development, Bauchi State — which currently has 20 constitutionally recognized LGAs — will have a total of 49 local government areas once the National Assembly gives its approval.

Yerima’s letter to Senator Barau Jibrin, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review, stated: “I am pleased to inform you that the Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill to provide for the creation of 29 new additional local government areas in Bauchi State, 2025.”

He further clarified that the new LGAs will remain “inchoate” until the National Assembly enacts an Act to make consequential provisions for their recognition, as required under Section 8(5) of the 1999 Constitution.

Yerima added that the law was duly passed in compliance with Sub-Section 3 of Section 100 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).