Creation of additional states is very necessary

1. Insecurity: there is no presence of government in many parts of northern parts of Nigeria reason why Bokoharam and bandits can easily hide and move freely.

2. Mineral exploration: some of the present governors are comfortable with federal allocation and pay less attention to mineral resources available in their States. They prefer to steal those mineral resources than to use them for their state benefits.

3. Overpopulation: state like lagos is overpopulated. There is need to alter its boundaries to give it additional land. Creation of Ijebu and lagoon state will be used to give Lagos additional land from Ogun state and possibly Oyo state.

4. Ethnic and tribal domination: for example, people of southern kaduna and the likes need to have separate state.

5. Corruption: many governors don't have ideas, they don't know what to do with states resources so they embezzle. Some of them focus attention on a particular area occupied by their ethnic groups. Examples Abeokuta receives more attention than any part of Ogun state, Ilorin receives more attention than any part of Kwara State. State creation would address all these.

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They are trying to stop tax payments and create more divisions. Creating a state is going to make it hard. They think they can use it the way they did in 1969. When ever they hear region you see them come up with states.

slimfit1:
They are trying to stop tax payments and create more divisions. Creating a state is going to make it hard. They think they can use it the way they did in 1969. When ever they hear region you see them come up with states.

State creation has nothing to do with tax

@Biodun556, If we are going to add so many states, do you think we should still have Local governments?

What is necessary is separating this contraption to Biafra Republic, Oodua Republic, Lower Niger Republic, Middle Belt Republic, Arewanistan.

We cannot continue together, oil and water has refused to mix since 1960

Biodun556:
Creation of additional states is very necessary

1. Insecurity: there is no presence of government in many parts of northern parts of Nigeria reason why Bokoharam and bandits can easily hide and move freely.

2. Mineral exploration: some of the present governors are comfortable with federal allocation and pay less attention to mineral resources available in their States. They prefer to steal those mineral resources than to use them for their state benefits.

3. Overpopulation: state like lagos is overpopulated. There is need to alter its boundaries to give it additional land. Creation of Ijebu and lagoon state will be used to give Lagos additional land from Ogun state and possibly Oyo state.

4. Ethnic and tribal domination: for example, people of southern kaduna and the likes need to have separate state.

5. Corruption: many governors don't have ideas, they don't know what to do with states resources so they embezzle. Some of them focus attention on a particular area occupied by their ethnic groups. Examples Abeokuta receives more attention than any part of Ogun state, Ilorin receives more attention than any part of Kwara State. State creation would address all these.

ValarDoharis:
What is necessary is separating this contraption to Biafra Republic, Oodua Republic, Lower Niger Republic, Middle Belt Republic, Arewanistan.

We cannot continue together, oil and water has refused to mix since 1960

Very true. The solution is for everybody to go their way and handle their own peculiar situation in their own peculiar way since the union of Nigeria has not made the situation better

BloomingDale:
@Biodun556, If we are going to add so many states, do you think we should still have Local governments?

Before

It was three regions and now 36 states and 774 local governments

If we could manage that, the new state and local governments too can be managed