Demand for New States Persists in South-East Nigeria

South-East leaders insist that the zone must get at least one additional state to bring it at par with other zones.

Nigeria: Issues in State Creation (opinion)

This Day, 28 November 2012

The National Assembly has been threatening to create new states for a while now. Those making the demands are impatient to see the process started and concluded, so that they can ... read more »

Senate President David Mark

Nigeria: State Creation - South-East Govs Move to Harmonise Views

This Day, 27 November 2012

The Governors of the five states in the South-east geo-political zone on Monadymet with other political leaders, interest groups and opinion moulders from the zone in Enugu with ... read more »
Nigeria: Why Demands for New States Persist

Vanguard, 23 November 2012

IN SPITE of the difficult hurdles needed to be surmounted before new states can be democratically created those pushing for new states, especially in the South-East, are not ... read more »
Nigeria: No State Will Be Created From Constitution Amendment Process - Ekweremadu

Leadership, 13 November 2012

The Chairman, Constitution Review Committee of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says new states will not be created in the ongoing review of the constitution. read more »

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