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The Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has voiced support for the creation of Anioma State from the present Delta State as the sixth state for the Southeast geopolitical zone.

The South-East region is the only zone in Nigeria with only five states and leaders from the zone have been clamouring for the creation of an additional state in the zone to be at par with some other zones.

Senator Kalu, who is a former governor of Abia State, said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday that the creation of a sixth state in the South-East from Anioma will help douse anger over the perceived marginalization of the Igbo people.

“Of course, Anioma State should be created as the sixth South-East state. It’s the only state that will be viable to be created,” Senator Kalu said.

“Anioma are Igbos and they never said they are not Igbos. The sixth South-East state should be created, and it should be from Anioma.”

Anioma is the state being proposed by the Senator representing Delta North, Senator Ned Nwoko, which he said is to “correct historical oversight.”

According to Senator Nwoko, the creation of Anioma State will address the longstanding imbalance in the geopolitical distribution of states in Nigeria.

He noted that the South-East geopolitical zone currently has five states, unlike its counterparts, except for the North-West, which has seven states.

The Delta Senator maintained that this disparity results in an imbalance of representation and resources, with the South-East having only 15 lawmakers compared to the 18 lawmakers of other zones in the Senate.

The new state proposed by Senator Nwoko is made up of nine local government areas, in the present Delta State.

Recently, rejected all 31 proposals for the creation of states, citing failure to meet constitutional requirements.

The committee said that none of the 31 requests for state creation in Nigeria met the constitutional requirements for consideration.

helinues:
A senior senator shouldn't be talking like a kindergarten..

All those new proposed states are just palm tapper's wildest dreams

trendingnigeria:
Really?

helinues:
All of them are wasting their time.

The current 36 states, how much progress have they made?

Daddyk87:
But first you and your people should vote massively for our great president Tinubu come 2027 , then we can talk about state creation .
Na where you work naim you go chop!

Tajbol4splend:
Ijesa has more land mass than Ebonyi and Bayelsa, we deserve a state too

Tajbol4splend:
Ijesa has more land mass than Ebonyi and Bayelsa, we deserve a state too

trendingnigeria:
https://www.channelstv.com/2025/03/03/a-sixth-south-east-state-should-be-created-from-anioma-uzor-kalu/

gidgiddy:
State creation is about population, not land size. If it was about land size, Niger State would be 3 states

temitope27:
Lagos would be like 5 then or Oyo like 3

gidgiddy:
State creation is about population, not land size. If it was about land size, Niger State would be 3 states

gidgiddy:
State creation is about population, not land size. If it was about land size, Niger State would be 3 states

gidgiddy:
State creation is about population, not land size. If it was about land size, Niger State would be 3 states

Lanre1st:
Why will a state be created in SE? Land mass they no get, population is not there.

The whole SE is not up to Niger state. Moreover, majority of Igbo are not reside in SE