Be it Enacted by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows:

1. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cap. C23, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (in this Bill referred to as “the Principal Act”) is altered as set out hereunder:
2. Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is altered by deleting the words “thirty-six” in the first line of the said subsection and replacing same with the words “thirty-seven” and inserting the word “ANIOMA” in the second line immediately after the word “ANAMBRA” and before the word “BAUCHI”
3. Therefore, the new Section 3(1) shall read thus:
   Section 3(1) There shall be thirty seven States in Nigeria, that is to say, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Anioma, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamafara.
4. That the First Schedule, Part 1 of States of the Federation is hereby altered by inserting Anioma State, Local Government Areas and Capital City in the appropriate columns of the First, Second and Third columns immediately after Anambra State and before Bauchi State to read thus:
   State: Anioma
   Local Government Areas: Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Ika North-East, Ika South, Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, Ukwuani.
   Capital City: Asaba
5. This Bill shall be cited as the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, alteration bill, 2024.