uchedydy:
Let me say this: this is not a sessestionist idea. But why does south East have only 5 states. Whereas all other regions have 6 states, even the North East has 7 states.

Ovamboland:


At Independence in 1960 there were 3 regions, Western, Eastern and Northern regions. All from 2 protectorates, Northern and Southern

Today Eastern region has 9 states - Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Rivers, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa

Western region has 8 states - Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, Delta.

If you genuinely have a true sense of equity, shouldn't you be campaigning for additional state for the western region to make it equal to the eastern region in number of states?

Does it not tell a lot about the prevailing Psyche of the easterner to feel marginalized over this issue while the westerners are calm and not feeling inferior to the east with 9 states while they have 8?

Will it be fair to the West to make East 10 states while 8 states remain in the West? If East gets 1 states is it not fair to add 2 more states to the West?

After all the above do you still feel easterners are the most marginalized over the number of states issue? Is all the agitations and needless deaths justifiable over this issue?

When you point 1 finger don't forget the remaining 4 are pointing back at you

deji17:


Imo State Total Area : 5,530 km2 (2,140 sq mi)

Bayelsa State Total Area : 10,773 km2 (4,159 sq mi)

Now you have the figure, which you could have easily source by yourself.

Bayelsa is twice the size of Imo state

julietm123:
Are you alright at all? Now I clearly understand the term yoruba muslims. You feel being yorubasta and a muslim you must always be critical of the Igbos or support whatever favors the north to validate your islamness.smh.

julietm123:
No wonder Lagos has 20lga and it means nothing to the yorubads.yorubad muslims have indeed finished the sw. If injustice must remain to please the northerners they have the yesman yorubasta muslims to do their dirty work.
I can bet you if yorubas agitate for more lgas, the Yoruba muslims are ready to shoot it down as far as that's what their masters up north wants. No wonder yakkasai was bold enough to say yoruba population is 65% muslim.smh

uchedydy:


So on the alter of landmass and population we are justified to slaughter equity. Have you wondered the amount of development that is denied the south East by virtue of having 5 states.
Consider this: if the "least " state in the country goes home with 2billion naira montly from farc. It means the this amount in development is being the se.
In 1 year...2billion x 12= 24billion naira
In 4 years.. 24billion x 4= 96 billion naira.
96 billion naira direct worth of development denied the se from farc, not to talk of private investments like banks and other foreign agencies that would set up in the state and impact the life of people of th e area.

uchedydy:


This land mass you are so concerned abt, who even created it and channelled it to south south, remember delta and edo was bendel state in Midwest and channeled to south south. Why not channel it to south East during the creation of geopolitical zones. You people reason as if it's not humans that created these zones and assign states and land mass to it, for instance, etche in rivers was East, but the carved it into rivers and called it ss. anioma was East, they carved it and gave to south south, even tho the niger river played a role dia, but there are many instances were there is no river playing any role in the land seeding.

My point is, these land mass and population was not small before the war, it was a clear cut idea after th e war to make it small, by carving out a south south so as to weaken the bargaining power of the east. Do you kn how many core igbo people that was carved to rivers?

When we argue and make inputs, let's do so knowing that it may be our turn tomorrow, cos truth is, there is always a justification even for the worst injustice put out by the perpetrators.

I ask again, equity be slaughtered on the other of landmass and population.

ashjay001:



By ur logic, then d SE should be vastly developed.

A state d size of ebonyi collecting d same funds with a state d size of niger.

Ur leaders marginalised u!

2billion to furnish a one room apartment, compared with 2b to furnish a duplex?

Abi o. Imagine, they have less road to tare, less area to provide drainage etc, yet they fail at it despite collecting the same or even more allocation as states with a very large area and population to cater for.

uchedydy:


So on the alter of landmass and population we are justified to slaughter equity. Have you wondered the amount of development that is denied the south East by virtue of having 5 states.
Consider this: if the "least " state in the country goes home with 2billion naira montly from farc. It means the this amount in development is being the se.
In 1 year...2billion x 12= 24billion naira
In 4 years.. 24billion x 4= 96 billion naira.
96 billion naira direct worth of development denied the se from farc, not to talk of private investments like banks and other foreign agencies that would set up in the state and impact the life of people of th e area.