The House of Representatives, on Wednesday March 26, 3025, approved a constitutional amendment bill seeking to upgrade the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State to full-fledged Local Government Areas (LGAs).
The bill, which was among 42 constitutional amendment bills including the bill to strip vice president, governors and their deputies of immunity while sparing the president passed same Wednesday, aims to increase Lagos’ local government count from 20 to 57, cementing its status as the state with the highest number of LGAs in Nigeria pushing Kano behind with its 44.
Sponsored by the lawmakers representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Lagos Island I Federal Constituency, James Faleke (who is clear indigene of Kogi State holding political office in the state), Babajimi Benson and Enitan Badru alongside 19 other lawmakers, the proposed legislation marks a significant step in addressing Lagos’ administrative and infrastructural needs.
Titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to Accommodate the 37 Development Area Councils of Lagos State as Full-Fledged Local Government Areas, Increasing the Total Number of Local Government Areas in the Federation to 811, and for Related Matters (HB. 1498),’ the proposal scaled its second reading during plenary, presided over by Deputy Speaker, Mr Benjamin Kalu.
Once fully enacted, Nigeria’s total number of LGAs will rise from 774 to 811, with Lagos overtaking Kano and Katsina, which currently have 44 and 34 LGAs, respectively
