The essential case for State
creation in the structure of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria is
that it ensures the even
dispersal of executive
attention to all parts of our great nation spread out over
923,000 square kilometers of
land. It also makes
development available to all
citizens wherever they may
reside. In the case of ORIMILI State, it is self-evident that in
the vast stretch of land
covering Ayamelum, Anambra
West, Awka North and Ogbaru
local government areas, there
is no modern urbanization, no industries, no
substantialbusiness
establishments, no Federal
presence and limited State
presence. The demand for a
new State in this region is an initiative to take twenty-first
century development into an
otherwisealmost totally
neglected part of the nation. The specific case for the
creation of ORIMILI State is
basedon the need to achieve
zonal equity in the political
structure of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. The North West zone has seven States;
North East, North Central,
South-South and South West
zones have six States each.
Only South East zone has five
States. The discriminatory and inequitable implications of this
structural imbalance has
adverse effects on the South
East in its entitlements to
federal ministerial and other
appointments, its share on a quota basis of judicial, military
and civil service positions, in
the allocation of revenue and
in the distribution and weight
of Federal presence in the
South East zone. The structural disability of the South East
seems a punitive aftershock of
the civil war. Most Nigerians
now recognize that, forty
years after the end of that
unfortunate conflict, it is time to sheath the sword, bury the
hatchet, and reunite the nation
in brotherhood and equity. The
case was eloquently made by
speakers from all parts of
Nigeria during the 2005 National Conference for
Political Reform. A decision
was reached in that
conference that the civil war
was over; the South East zone
should therefore be given a sixth State as an equitable
gesture made without
prejudice to any other
demands for additional States
to be created within the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Within the South East zone
itself, the equitable basis for
the sixth State to be created
out of Anambra State is that
Anambra State is the most
populous State in the zone. The 2006 National Population
Census report published in the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Official Gazette No. 2 Vol. 96
Abuja – 2nd Feb. 2009 page
B23 shows the population figures for the different South-
East States as follows: 1. Ebonyi 2,176,947 2. Abia 2,845,380 3. Enugu 3,267,837 4. Imo 3,927,500 5. Anambra 4,177,828 Top of page Furthermore Anambra and Imo
States have not been revisited
in any state creation exercise
in Nigeria since October 1991
when Ebonyi was created out
of Enugu and Abia States. The history of State creation in
the South- East is as follows: (i) On 27th May, 1967, the Federal
Military Government decreed
twelve (12) states and lumped
mainland Igbos into
EastCentralState. (ii) On 3rd February, 1976 the
Federal Military Government
decreed additional seven
states. East Central state was
split into Anambra and Imo
states (iii) On 27th August 1991, the Federal Military Government
decreed nine (9) more states
among which are Abia and
present AnambraState. What
was left to the old
AnambraState became EnuguState. (iv) On 1st October 1996, the
Federal Military Government
again decreed additional six
states. Abakaliki Senatorial
District of Enugu State and
Afikpo/Ohozara Senatorial District of Abia State were
constituted into the present
EbonyiState. The interesting development
from the above history is that
the two senatorial districts of
Enugu and Nsukka constituted
the present
EnuguState.Afikpo/Ohozara Senatorial District from
AbiaState merged with
Abakaliki Senatorial District
from EnuguState to become
the present EbonyiState.
Subsequently, each of the three newStates –Enugu, Abia
and Ebonyi - had their two
Senatorial districts converted
to three Senatorial
Districts.With its
overwhelming population in the Zone, Anambra State
therefore, deserves the first
option of consideration as the
State from which any new
State in the South- East zone
should be excised.

another delude fellow brother.first wat is the land area,the population,economic advantage.if any state that needs creation that has a lesser land mass than lagos,lesser population than bayelsea is a joke.check long island state bid vis a vis new york state.stop all this gowon madness called state creation.

Orimili state ko,Mbamili state ni.
The only state that need be created in Igboland right now is Anioma state n then be brought into the wider Biafra/Southeast region of Nigeria,should we finally decide to go the way of regions as federating units.

dumb

make i laff first
igbo people tend to be politically dumb
why not ask for a state in your fathers house?
orimili ko orimila ni

Why are we not hearing anything from the National Assembly concerning this State creation na?

Perceived marginalization shouldn't be the criterion for a group to opt out of the bigger Anambra State. Otherwise, Adada State request has been around for a long while, longer than all others. There's also Aba State, Orlu State. All basing their demands on perceived marginalization.

If a new state should be created, it should be Anioma. From Asaba to Agbor should be merged with Onitsha to create the new state seeing as they are culturally homogenous and contiguous geographically. That will also end the Delta-Ibo isn't Igbo debate.
Anambra will likely kick against this, but it's rather in the interest of Igbos in general. Besides, Anambra will still have Nnewi.

Or, we could settle for the far less strategic and dreary Etiti aka Equity state to be carved out from the present 5 Southeastern states.

I wonder why someone will be asking for the creation of a state that's just about the size of Okene in Kogi state. The only viable Igbo state right now is Anioma. And we all should strive to see that it comes to fruition, with Anioma state, the SE would get additional landmass,Which would mean more Lawmakers in the National assembly(unlike if a new state was created from SE),more infrastructure(there's already a standard airport in Asaba E.T.C anything short of this is a sham!

No be only Orimili state na even Mbano state (sighs), because politicals parties no gree put person of anambra north abi, The only viable state to be creation for the SE is Anioma state which is over due, this will bring the geo-political zone to 6 states but if it must be seven states then Anioma nd Equity is ok, any other agitations is for selfish reasons.