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Well the Idea of creating more states is to accelerate development.

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The number of states has nothing to do with our undeveloped status. Rather more states should have accelerated development.
Your reasons considered allocation from the FG.

BeachTime:
Do you even understand what I just said ? Let me break this down to you . I even wrote another article title :Nigeria is a poor country - why Nigeria will not develop any time soon. It hasn't been published yet .

Nigeria only makes $30 billion dollars per year from oil. 90 percent of Nigeria's revenue is from the south :Akwa ibom,Rivers state,Delta State, and Bayelsa .
30 billion dollars isn't even enough to run one mega city . from example ,Los Angeles generates 300 billion dollars per year.

I'm just telling you the Idea behind more States. And even if you reduce the number of states nothing will change, corruption is our biggest problem, we can develop with 30billion a year if we're serious.

But u.s has more states

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The number of states is not the problem. In my opinion, Nigeria is simply not productive enough as a nation, simple. Even with the so-called 'restructuring', the country will still seriously struggle because it is not generating enough wealth to lift its citizens out of poverty. The states can't fend for themselves without federal allocation, and that won't change even if you decides to merge some of them today.

Many smaller countries like the Netherlands are generating more wealth annually (£300-billion euros) for their much smaller population than Nigeria is, (Nigeria is estimated to have made just a relatively paltry $370-billion in oil revenues since 1970 [oil is by far Nigeria's largest income earner] while the Netherlands is making more than that in a single year), so that tells you we are just not being productive enough in spite of our huge population. In that sense, one can be forgiven for saying Nigeria is just 'big for nothing'.

BeachTime:
Do you even understand what I just said ? Let me break this down to you . I even wrote another article title :Nigeria is a poor country - why Nigeria will not develop any time soon. It hasn't been published yet .

Nigeria only makes $35 billion dollars per year from oil. 90 percent of Nigeria's revenue is from the south :Akwa ibom,Rivers state,Delta State, and Bayelsa .
35 billion dollars isn't even enough to run one mega city . For example ,Los Angeles generates 300 billion dollars per year.

Akwa ibom generates 1.1 billion dollars per month from oil or $14 billion dollars per year . But Akwa ibom only receives $60 million dollars per month or 850 million per year .
If Nigeria ran on federalism ,Akwa ibom would be the richest state in Nigeria ,and the 3rd richest and most developed in Africa if it where a country. Rwanda is the same size as Akwaibom.

....and if the leaders continued with the jumbo salaries take home and robbing Peter to pay Paul, building dry port whereas we have abandoned seaports, lavishing funds to search for crude oil where it doesn't exist, fighting the shadows of corruption when the main corruption is left untouched.....the development will keep on snails movement

Only true federalism can save the situation.

Make everybody chop from their resources chikena, some people be suffering effect of oil spillage/drilling.

Some people dey enjoy the money elsewhere. rubbish.

We don't belong together, one day everywhere go burst am sure.

BeachTime:
some of you do not use your brains .I'm not sure if you have noddles for brain. Does California share it's wealth with other states ?

You should have realized that parasites who love free oil money will never agree with you.

Do you want their pockets to dry?

All their lives depend on it. You may have good intentions but not with unity beggars and even discussing topics like this they will like to frustrate you with nonsense excuse

afroniger:
The number of states is not the problem. In my opinion, Nigeria is simply not productive enough as a nation, simple. Even with the so-called 'restructuring', the country will still seriously struggle because it is not generating enough wealth to lift its citizens out of poverty. The states can't fend for themselves without federal allocation, and that won't change even if you decides to merge some of them today.

Many smaller countries like the Netherland are generating more wealth annually (£300-billion euros) for their much smaller population than Nigeria is, so that tells you we are just not being productive enough in spite of our huge population. In that sense, one can be forgiven for saying Nigeria is just 'big for nothing'.

....the so-called federal allocation comes from where, maybe from some wealthy States to share among other poor States, Nigeria can only be productive when they applied pure practical education into our education system from secondary to the universities, apply more funds into agriculture and industries, quit flamboyant lifestyle of the government officials and shun the idea of depending on crude oil wealth generating

Is that why Usa is not developing with their 50 states?

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BeachTime:
some of you are too dumb and lack comprehension skills . Texas population is 25 million . Texas landmass is same size as Nigeria . There are about three major mega cities Dallas,Houston ,San Antonio.the capital is Austin. Now imagine if Texas had are 36 states , 500 small towns ,local government and villages. and they all share Houston's oil wealth.

Mr professor, your arguments does not hold water. Is it by landmass, states before development?

Do you think if Nigerians politicians/ leaders were from Usa, USA will be developed like this?

Btw, hope you are aware Alaska is bigger than Texas in land mass.. How many major cities in Alaska?

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BeachTime:
Alaska is the 15th richest state and the least populated , it doesn't have the population to even have a mega city .

What exactly is your arguments about in the first place?

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stonemasonn:
I'm just telling you the Idea behind more States. And even if you reduce the number of states nothing will change, corruption is our biggest problem, we can develop with 30billion a year if we're serious.

How many states have 20 billion after paying salary

Any state can raise 1 trillion in one year if they tax right

BeachTime:
Akwa Ibom and Cross river should be one independent mega city-state within

For Nigeria, when some parts of those states are demanding for their own state

BeachTime:
A world class international airport like the ones in Dubai ,US, japan, cost $1 billion

Oga Ade, you are incoherent.. Probably you stumbled on some facts without reading furthermore

Lol.

You have oversimplified Nigeria's problems.

Nigeria's problems are multifaceted and it's got nothing to do with states.

For example, which state in Nigeria has conducted a local government election in the past ten to twelve years? The governors only install their stooges there as caretakers, taking advantage of a loophole in the law.

Yet local government is the closest to the grassroot and should ordinarily drive development.

A united Nigeria will always crawl and stumble.

A Nigeria pretending to practice democracy will continue to stagnate and breed different pests and parasitic organisms called politicians.

BeachTime:
A world class international airport like the ones in Dubai ,US, japan, cost $1 billion .
Akwa ibom generates 1 billion dollars per month from oil but shares it with Nigeria and receives only $50 million dollars per month from Nigeria.

That isn't the point per she.

The point is, the allocation they get per month, what have successive governors done with it?

Even the little they get can still turn that state into a paradise for its people.

Most of the money end up in private pockets.

BeachTime:
A world class international airport like the ones in Dubai ,US, japan, cost $1 billion .
Akwa ibom generates $1 billion dollars per month from oil but shares it with Nigeria and receives only $50 million dollars per month or $700 million per year from Nigeria.

A world class seaport cost $1 .2 billion dollars to build .
A 100 storey skyscraper like the ones in New York or Dubai cost $1 billion dollars .
Akwa Ibom needs $6 billion dollars to have constant electricity .
$10 billion dollars would pave all roads in Akwa ibom including sidewalks ,traffic lights and signs ,drainage and street lights ,and bridges .

Young man they will frustrate your argument here and they will never see reasons whatsoever.