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CFRN 1999·Ch. I · General Provisions

§3

States of the Federation

States

The Text

There shall be 36 States in Nigeria, namely Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.

How to cite this section

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), §3States of the Federation. Retrieved from The Republic, therepublic.extrafemi.com/constitution/general-provisions/3.

Source · Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended · §3

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Methodology

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