ABUJA, Najeriya – Kwamitin Majalisar Wakilai na Bita Tsarin Mulki ya ba da shawarar ƙirƙirar sabbin jihohi 31 a Najeriya, wanda zai kara yawan jihohin kasar zuwa 67. An gabatar da shawarar ne a ranar Alhamis, 6 ga Fabrairu, 2025, yayin zaman majalisar da Mataimakin Shugaban Majalisar, Benjamin Kalu, ya jagoranta.
Shugaban kwamitin, Benjamin Kalu, ya ba da shawarar ƙirƙirar jihohi shida a Arewa ta Tsakiya, hudu a Arewa maso Gabas, biyar a Arewa maso Yamma, biyar a Kudu maso Gabas, hudu a Kudu maso Kudu, da bakwai a Kudu maso Yamma. Idan Majalisar Dokokin ƙasa ta amince da shawarar, Najeriya za ta zama ƙasa mafi girma da ke da jihohi fiye da Amurka.
Wasu daga cikin sabbin jihohin da aka ba da shawarar sun haɗa da Jihar Okun da Jihar Okura daga Jihar Kogi, Jihar Benue Ala daga Jihar Benue, Jihar Amana daga Jihar Adamawa, da Jihar Etiti a Kudu maso Gabas. Har ila yau, an ba da shawarar ƙirƙirar Jihar Ibadan daga Jihar Oyo, Jihar Lagoon daga Jihar Legas, da Jihar Oke-Ogun daga Jihar Ogun.
Kamar yadda aka ambata a cikin takardar, “An gabatar da shawarar ne don sanar da mambobi cewa Kwamitin Majalisar Wakilai na Bita Tsarin Mulki na Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya, 1999 (wanda aka gyara), ya karɓi shawarwarin majalisa don ƙirƙirar jihohi da kananan hukumomi.”
Kungiyoyin al’adu da siyasa kamar Afenifere da Arewa Consultative Forum sun nuna rashin amincewa da shawarar, inda suka bayyana cewa ƙirƙirar sabbin jihohi ba zai magance matsalolin ƙasa ba. Afenifere ta ce shawarar ba ta dace da buƙatunta na samun tsarin mulki na gaskiya ba, yayin da ACF ta bayyana cewa ƙirƙirar sabbin jihohi za ta kara dagula tattalin arzikin ƙasa.
Duk da haka, wasu kungiyoyi kamar Middle Belt Forum da Ohanaeze Ndigbo sun goyi bayan shawarar, inda suka bayyana cewa za ta magance rashin daidaito a cikin tsarin mulkin ƙasa. Ohanaeze ta ce Kudu maso Gabas ya kamata a ba shi ƙarin jihohi don daidaita rashin daidaito da aka yi masa a baya.
Shawarar ta haifar da cece-kuce a tsakanin ‘yan siyasa da masu fada a ji, tare da wasu tsoffin ‘yan majalisa suna nuna rashin amincewa da yawan jihohin da aka ba da shawarar. Tsohon Sanata Haruna Garba ya bayyana cewa shawarar “ba ta dace ba,” yana tambaya inda za a sami kuɗin gudanar da sabbin jihohin.
Duk da haka, wasu kamar tsohon Kwamishinan Bayelsa, Markson Fefegha, sun yaba da shawarar, inda suka bayyana cewa za ta haifar da ci gaban yankuna da ƙarin gundumomi.
