Senator Gbenga Daniel has secured backing from 75 senators, surpassing the constitutional threshold required to advance the proposal. The Constitution requires the backing of at least two-thirds of the Senate, equivalent to 73 senators, before a state creation proposal can proceed through the constitutional amendment process. Beyond introducing the bill, the former Ogun State governor has undertaken extensive consultations with lawmakers across party lines in an effort to build national consensus around the initiative. Those engagements have helped position the proposal among the most advanced state creation requests currently before the National Assembly. State creation has remained one of the most complex constitutional processes in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999.