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Opinion: The Best Way To Create State For Nigerians. by classicEntity(m): 11:25pm On Jul 27, 2014
The national confab recommended 18 new states in the country to bring the zones at par for d sake justice and equity. (As in 9 states in each zone). In my Opinion if at all there will be state creation, this is how I think the proposed state creation exercise should look like.

South-East 9 States: (all Igboid groups in one zone)
Abia.
Anambra.
Anioma; (Delta north: Ika south and Ika north-east, Igbanke, Aniocha north and south, Oshimili north and south)
Enugu.
Ebonyi.
Equity. (Etiti from the current 5 states)
Imo.
Orimili: (ndokwa east and west, ukwani, ogbaru, oguta, ndoni and ogba)
Rivers North: (Oyigbo state: ahoada east and west, emuoha, ikwerre, etche, omumma, obigbo and theirs brothers from Abia; ukwa east and west).

South-west 9 states: (all Yoruboid groups in one zone)
Oyo.
Ogun.
Osun.
Ondo: (including akoko edo)
Ekiti.
Lagos.
New Oyo.
Okun: (yorubas of kwara and kogi)
itshekiri: (including southern parts of Ondo)

Southern Geo-Pol. Zone 9 states: (d conocation 'south-south' is kinda incorrect

Ogoja: (Northern C.river)
Cross River.
Akwa-ibom.
Bori: (gonis, opobo, nkoro, andoni and Ibeno from Ak.Ibom).
Rivers; (all Ijaws; kalabaris and okirikas, Abuas and Engennis plus parts of Bayelsa), Bayelsa; (plus burutu, patani, bomadi frm Delta and all the Ijaw areas in warri lgas).
Edo.
Delta (Uhrobos and Isokos)
Eshan; (Afemais).

Middle belt:
Gurara; (Southern Kaduna)
Nasarawa.
Plateau.
Kogi; (Ebiras and Igalas)
Benue.
Niger; (mainly 'Nupes' including ones from kogi and kwara)
Apa; (Idomas from Benue)
Kwara; (parts of western Niger state)
Taraba; (south taraba)

North East:
Borno.
Amana; (northern adamawa and parts of south of Borno)
Savannah; (southern parts of Borno)
Yobe.
Bauchi.
Adamawa.
Katagum (parts of Bauchi)
Gombe.
Taraba.

North-west:
Sokoto.
Kano.
Katsina.
Jigawa.
Kaduna.
Kebbi.
Zamfara.
Kanji; (southern Kebbi and part Niger state)
Ghari; (from Kano)

F.C.T; Abuja.

Meanwhile, most proposed states here are already approved in on-going National conference..

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