National Confab proposes creation of 19 more states, rejects proposal to revert to parliamentary system of government.

http://www.punchng.com/news/confab-proposes-creation-of-19-more-states/

36 plus 19,dats 55 states, even USA as big a country and developed dat it is doesn't have dat much states....even the 36 we hav are nt viable and cnt even generate a substantial revenue and we wnt to add to the burden and kip filling some persons pocket in the name of new states. Naija nids prayers.

For wetin na!

55 new governors=More bags of rice

sense has gone on holiday in these peoples head

They are Pursuing Shadows in Jonathan's Arena of Distractions.

The conference is just a means of buying time for Jonathan against 2015. How many Reports have been sent to Jonathan that not even one recommendation was effectively implemented.

Jonathan just created this to plant enough distractions. By the reports are presented, there will so much argument and PDP will steal our common wealth again.

Simple, grant south east one additional state in order to be at per with other regions. Now, see how they intend to derail the whole plan.
WE ARE WATCHING.

As long as no new states are created in the North and west, no wahala. The flawed census of counting sheep and cattle are over, create more states in the SS/SE now. Esan should be carved out of Edo state, give us Esan State now.

PhockPhockMan: Simple, grant south east one additional state in order to be at per with other regions. Now, see how they intend to derail the whole plan.
WE ARE WATCHING.

For every state created in the S/E. Two should be created in the North.

Confab never finish?

North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

For how long will this money eaters finish their yeye meeting hen?

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Acidosis: North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 6-7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

If that's so then Kaduna, Niger and sokoto also needs new states. It takes 5 hours to go from minna to newbussa on very smooth road in Niger state. Southern kaduna is just like a different state from Kaduna north(A politician suggested a splits not long ago).

Idrismusty97: For every state created in the S/E. Two should be created in the North.

Thank you for correcting me.

Idrismusty97: If that's so then Kaduna, Niger and sokoto also needs new states. It takes 5 hours to go from minna to newbussa on very smooth road in Niger state. Southern kaduna is just like a different state from Kaduna north(A politician suggested a splits not long ago).

What is so important in new state. If we are practicizing resource control, will you be asking for more state. We all want more state just because of oil allocation.

Apa state for sure.

Acidosis: North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

So land mass instead of population is now the criteria for state creation?

They are recommending the creation of more states when the nation is in a state of emergency!

Acidosis: North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

is kogi state that big to warrant over 7hours journey from a town to the other?

Guess you are trying to exaggerate things or naive of the geography.

Na wa oo...

This people for Confab meeting dey always do like say dem nor get sense

Abu Mikey : Hafa na??

Acidosis: North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

Endorsed.No comment

Acidosis: North Central needs more states. Kogi state specifically; On travelling by road from Egbe in Kogi state to Ayangba in the same Kogi state, travellers spend over 7hours by road (without traffic jam)!!!

Very funny country, creating useless states without specification. The entire Bayelsa state is not even up to 6 local governments of the total 21 l.gs in Kogi state.

Of the 23 solid minerals in Nigeria, Kogi has 19!!! Yet no meaningful development. Lokoja is the first unofficial capital of Nigeria, yet no meaningful F.G project in the city town.
We can no longer take this nonsense.

Create Okun state now!!! For the Yoruba citizens of Kogi state!!!

If you create 10 states, Okun state must be included; if its 1, then it must be Okun state!!! Enough is Enough.

I serve for nysc in kogi state and I can categorically tell u that the elongated travel time is as a result of bad road and nothing else.fix the bad roads and I can assure u the farthest distace in kogi won't take u up to 2 hours to cover.secondly,on the issue of underdevelopment of kogi state,no one is stoping ur leaders from developing or harnessing ur resources ok?hold ur leaders accountable!

Tolexander: They are recommending the creation of more states when the nation is in a state of emergency!

The nation is not in a state of emergency but rather 3 states in the NE nigeria is in a state of emergency.roger that?

they have already approved the creation of two new states, one is in benue state and the other new state is in souther kaduna. u heard it from me first.

#Bazinga

There was a country...

PhockPhockMan: So land mass instead of population is now the criteria for state creation?

If you talk of population,
5 more state should be created out of lagos state
4 more state should be created out of kano state
3 more state should be created out of rivers state
3 more state should be created out of oyo state etc

The igbos agenda for this national conference is not reliable, No geo-politoical zone will agree to create a state for south east out of pity without considering themself also and that will make the whole thing look stupid. The condition for creating a state is in nigeria constitution, if any group of people meet the condition let them create it. But is state creation the problem of this country?

fkaz:

If you talk of population,
5 more state should be created out of lagos state
4 more state should be created out of kano state
3 more state should be created out of rivers state
3 more state should be created out of oyo state etc

The igbos agenda for this national conference is mirage, No geo-politoical zone will agree to create a state for south east out of pity without considering them also. The condition for creating a state is in nigeria constitution, if any group of people meet the condition let them create it. But is state creation the problem of this country?

I always say that Ndigbo need to be more into bargaining for their benefits in Nigeria instead of following a Zoologist as if our lives depend on it. Out of that 19, I don't think Ndigbo will even get up to 3. After all my people went there asking for one

THE FULL REPORT
Recommend creation of 18 new states
•Reject 100% resource control
.Approve rotational presidency
.Change of national anthem
.Approve state merger

Delegates to the National Conference yesterday rejected the recommendation for a single tenure of six years for the office of the president, but recommended that there shall be rotational presidency among the six geo-political zones of the federation.

They also recommended that upon the death of the president, the vice-president shall only act for 90 days, following which an election would be held to chose the substantive president. The delegates also recommended the creation of additional 18 states and that there shall be a parity of states within the zones

The delegates recommended that states wishing to create or reduce local government depending on the dictates of each state are free to do so, while rejecting the present zonal structure of Nigeria’s federation. All issues relating to local government councils were transferred to the states.

The conference also approved the recommendation that joint state and local government should be scrapped and a state revenue mobilisation committee be set up. It rejected the adoption of a parliamentary system of government and a bicameral legislature. It also rejected adoption of the French system of government which has both prime minister and president.

The delegates approved the recommendations that the office of the president shall rotate between north and south and among the zones. The office of the governor shall rotate among the three senatorial districts of the state.

Also, the office of the chairman of local government shall rotate among the component parts of the local government and the INEC shall divide the local government for the purposes of this.

It was agreed that the ministers should brief the National Assembly on a quarterly basis. The delegates rejected unicameral legislature and approved that the functions of local governments to the state Houses of Assembly

On forms and content of government, it was agreed that a candidate for presidential election should run with a vice-presidential candidate as a ticket.

The delegates rejected that the president shall exercise full responsibility for his or her government by appointing only 18 ministers from the legislature and six geo-political zones.

It approved the recommendation that there shall be a referendum for states wishing to merge to be based on 75 per cent approval of affirmation and also that the National Assembly shall approve the merger of states with a simple majority, but the merged states shall not exist as a region. It further recommended that states that decide to demerge should follow the same process.

The delegates approved that incase of death of the president that the vice-president shall only act for 90 days. This is against the status that brought President Goodluck Jonathan to office.

On state creation, the conference voted almost unanimously in support of the new state to be created for the South-east as a way of assuaging the acknowledged injustice meted to the people of Igbo extraction.

Similarly, the conference endorsed the recommendation that subsequently any new state shall have a minimum of one million population and the viability of the new states must be ascertained in order to put undue pressure on the existing ones.
Following the clamour by various sections of the country for the creation of more states to balance up the current structural imbalance, the conference approved a proposal for the creation of 18 new states from the existing ones.

The recommended states to be created include: Apa, Kainji, Katagum, Amana, Gorara, Ghari, Etiti, Savanna, Aba, Adada, Njaba-Anim, Anioma, Ogoja, Ijebu and New Oyo State.

The new state to be created from the South-south would be named later. It further recommended that creation of state should be less tedious. This is apart from the additional state from the South-east zone. It rejected the recommendation for a modified presidential system.

However, the Lagos based-lawyer, Femi Falana condemned the request for state creation. He said, "Having regard to the several resolutions of the national conference on the need to reduce the costs of governance, I found the recommendation for the creation of additional 18 states rather contradictory", Falana said.

It recommended that government should set up a committee to address the settlement of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) indigenes, but rejected that FCT should be delineated into two senatorial districts.

The delegates recommended that the Nigeria revert to the old national anthem, which they also sang, but rejected that Nigeria revert to the old national flag designed by Akinwumi Michael Taiwo.

As soon as delegates voted that Nigeria reverts to its old national anthem, the plenary erupted in frenzy with delegates all rising up on their feet and singing the old national anthem to the admiration of the conference leadership.

It recommended that the armed forces should be recognised along the geo political zones, but ruled that states should be allowed to have their own constitution.

It recommended fiscal federalism for the purpose of creating wealth as well as the need to enshrine the modalities for referendum and financial autonomy for State Houses of Assembly. It recommended that the vehicles in any government officials’ custody be reduced by 80 per cent.

Though deliberations on resource control would commence next week, the delegates rejected the 100 per cent control of resource.

Thunder will fire those people that are trying to confuse this country in the name of conf.

NWANICHODE: Thunder will fire those people that are trying to confuse this country in the name of conf.

When the people became unhappy with the leadership of Rome. The Empire built the ARENA. They kept the populace distracted, fighting, entertained and confused, while the elite wine, dined and loot.

Jonathan's advisers from the Coven has told him that since 2015 is not obtainable, he may as well just steal it by distracting Nigerians.

Brimmie: Abu Mikey : Hafa na??

I still remain loyal as ever oo