Section 9: Transmission of certificate of results to States

(1) Upon receipt of the certificate of a result of the referendum from the Independent National Electoral Commission and if the result shows that the proposal for the creation of the new State has been approved by at least a two-thirds majority of the people of the area who actually voted, then the President of the Senate shall transmit a copy of the said certificate of result of the referendum issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission to the Speaker of every State House of Assembly in the Federation who shall cause it to be laid before the House for its consideration.
(2) The House shall thereupon take a vote on a motion moved by any of the members thereof for the approval of the said result of the referendum.
(3) The Clerk of each House of Assembly shall issue a certificate as prescribed in Form 3 in the Schedule to this Act certifying the result of the votes taken on the motion and forthwith deliver or cause to be delivered such certificate to the Clerk of the National Assembly who shall in turn submit same to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[Form 3. Schedule)
(4) If the certificate of the result of the voting on the said motion in the Houses of Assembly shows that the motion has been approved by a simple majority of all the States of the Federation supported by a simple majority of the members of the House of Assembly, a resolution may be proposed by any member in each House of the National Assembly calling on the House to approve the proposal for the creation of the new State.
(5)
If the resolution is passed by two-thirds majority of members of each House of the National Assembly, the National Assembly shall proceed to enact a law creating the new State.