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Your arguments are weak.

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Mr,Op you are totally wrong,creation of state has helped in the development of areas in Nigeria
example;Akwa Ibom was a forest when it was with Cross river because it was considered as bedroom then but it has now opened up with many towns seeing good things

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B3ACHSIDE:

It was a forest due to lack of urban planning .

no,how many parts of Sweden is urban?
its just Stockholm
but what we need is digital village project where roads,electricity,and other good things found in urban centres can also be found in the villages

B3ACHSIDE:
The problem with most of you is you do not like hearing the truth . I'm I'm honest and straightforward and just wish the best for everyone , and there's no ulterior motive in my assertions.
Nigeria will never develop by spreading resources thin. Having fewer states and efficient urban planning is more beneficial. There are many ways to spread development and connect a state than state creation. For example ,campuses of a university can be sited in other cities of a state. Quality is better than quantity.
Nigeria is a failed state and most of you desire to live in Germany,Sweden,US, Australia,Canada,Japan,etc. but do not want to do the right thing .

You are getting it wrong,most roads are built the way they are cause rocks,water serves as obstacle for a straight direct road and the cost of building bridges is high

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B3ACHSIDE:

There are other better cities in Sweden, Stockholm is just the capital and popular city . it's just like New York being the most popular American city but it's not even one of my favorites .

Name them,and back it up with pix
States creation is a blessing,if not for corruption we should have been far in developments

If more States were not created then , do you think the little development in some places or States would have been with the level of corruption in Nigeria from decades.

Urban planning is good where there's no corruption and nepotism because it will be achieved in no time once there is a template for it.

You are aware how many years it takes Nigerian government to start and finish a project if not even abandoned in the long run.

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B3ACHSIDE:
The problem with most of you is you do not like hearing the truth . I'm I'm honest and straightforward and just wish the best for everyone , and there's no ulterior motive in my assertions.
Nigeria will never develop by spreading resources thin. Having fewer states and efficient urban planning is more beneficial. There are many ways to spread development and connect a state than state creation. For example ,campuses of a university can be sited in other cities of a state. Quality is better than quantity.
Nigeria is a failed state and most of you desire to live in Germany,Sweden,US, Australia,Canada,Japan,etc. but do not want to do the right thing .

You still haven't made any strong point.

America has 52 states, why are they not poor?

Having many States is not the reason for Nigeria's underdevelopment. Nigeria's problem is revenue based, the country is making too little money to effectively function.

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B3ACHSIDE:


Despite the 36 states , there are still agitations for more states, and if those request are granted there would be at least 20 new states with 20 new international airports and other infrastructures. It is simply detrimental.

States agitations are more about the jostle for more oil resources. The various tribes - especially the big 3 see states as getting more share of the national cake.

B3ACHSIDE:
I'm American. The United States is 12 times larger than Nigeria. New York to California is like Djibouti to Senegal and there's different time zones. . I don't understand why you guys always compare Nigeria to the US ,Canada,Australia. Africa is an ethnic continent like Europe and Asia. Don't ever compare Nigeria to the US.

If West Africa is federation with all ethnic groups as states or provinces ,there would not be more than 50 states in West Africa. : Wolof State, Hausa State ,Akan State, Efik/ibibio State , Yoruba State , Igbo State, Tiv State ,Pulaar State , Nupe State ,Kanuri State,Krahn State ,Ijaw State etc.

Do the European substitution, the conclusion is still the same.

You still haven't made any strong point.

This conversation is boring, learn if you want to or stuck to your opinion.

Reading the first quarter IMF report on Nigeria will do you a lot of good.

SIONKPO1:
Mr,Op you are totally wrong,creation of state has helped in the development of areas in Nigeria
example;Akwa Ibom was a forest when it was with Cross river because it was considered as bedroom then but it has now opened up with many towns seeing good things

False. What helped Akwa Ibom was getting a greater share of the national cake. It went from getting just peanuts from the federation account to being the richest recipient of oil revenue (among the states). There is now enough money to satisfy the greed of the politicians and a little left for some capital projects. But, Akwa Ibom should be doing much better given its small population and small landmass.

wirinet:

False. What helped Akwa Ibom was getting a greater share of the national cake. It went from getting just peanuts from the federation account to being the richest recipient of oil revenue (among the states). There is now enough money to satisfy the greed of the politicians and a little left for some capital projects. But, Akwa Ibom should be doing much better given its small population and small landmass.

Before taking nonsense to justify your foolishness..
What is the population of Cross River state?
What is the population of Akwa Ibom state?

SocialJustice:
You still haven't made any strong point.

America has 52 states, why are they not poor?

Having many States is not the reason for Nigeria's underdevelopment. Nigeria's problem is revenue based, the country is making too little money to effectively function.

The states don't rely on oil revenue from a fews states to survive.

Where is the money to run all these useless states coming from? It's a huge drain on the resources of this country running the executive (with civil service), legislative and judiciary of 36 states. Nigeria should contain not more than 6 states. The reason why there was rapid development during the short first Republic was that we only had 4 Regions. Imagine the premier of the western region (comprising of 6 states today) was run by just one executive (with less than 10 commissioners), one legislature (with less than 20 house members and just one judiciary. Even thought there was less revenue available then, the little there was was enough to fund free education and infrastructure.

B3ACHSIDE:
Corruption is one of the major reasons why Nigeria remains underdeveloped , but even without corruption, Nigeria would remain underdeveloped due to wastage and spreading thin of scarce resources. For example , There can not be 36 thriving international Airports in Nigeria .

Despite the 36 states , there are still agitations for more states, and if those request are granted there would be at least 20 new states with 20 new international airports and other infrastructures. It is simply detrimental.
What should happen or should have happened was creation of new districts instead of states,and implementation of urban planning . For example ,a distance from Calabar to Ogoja is currently 7 Hours but it can be 3.5 hours with efficient urban planning. These places are not far apart but they seem so due to lack of urban planning.
Nigeria will never develop by spreading resources thin. I think there should not be more than 15 states and all squabbles within the states should be settled without state creation. If there were only 15 states ,Nigeria could concentrate on utilizing it's scarce resources efficiently by building one world class international Airport for each 15 states . I'm using airport as an example in this write up.


I think this map made sense the most . Add Lagos to the western state ,split North Eastern state into three, split North Western State into two, Split Benue Plateau State into two , that's 15 states.

The issue with us is simply
Lack of petroticism
Poor GDP to revenue ratio
Lack of merit

Simple

Hunchogee:

Before taking nonsense to justify your foolishness..
What is the population of Cross River state?
What is the population of Akwa Ibom state?

Population of cross rivers is 3.7 million

Population of akwa Ibom is 5.4 million

What's your point?

wirinet:

False. What helped Akwa Ibom was getting a greater share of the national cake. It went from getting just peanuts from the federation account to being the richest recipient of oil revenue (among the states). There is now enough money to satisfy the greed of the politicians and a little left for some capital projects. But, Akwa Ibom should be doing much better given its small population and small landmass.

no,its not about money but the people themselves craved for a better statehood
Why is Lagos not as developed as it should be?

B3ACHSIDE:
You can use google but i'll help you :
Gothenburg , Malmö ,Uppsala,Vasteras etc.

Sweden is an ethno-state with population of only 10 million and is half the size of Nigeria. Japan is also an ethno-state half the size of Nigeria, with Tokyo as the nerve center. Nigeria is amalgamation of several ethno-states, and most of these ethnic group's landmass are not that large and and can be considered city state . Bottom line , no need for too many states , there are many ways to spread development and state creation is the least .

No,The major ethnic groups will want to oppress the minorities,I crave for more States but the system should be holistically restructured

B3ACHSIDE:
You can use google but i'll help you :
Gothenburg , Malmö ,Uppsala,Vasteras etc.

Sweden is an ethno-state with population of only 10 million and is half the size of Nigeria. Japan is also an ethno-state half the size of Nigeria, with Tokyo as the nerve center. Nigeria is amalgamation of several ethno-states, and most of these ethnic group's landmass are not that large and and can be considered city state . Bottom line , no need for too many states , there are many ways to spread development and state creation is the least .

WUSE in Abuja is same as this
Broad street in Lag is finer
what we need is a system that will independently cater for itself
example
*Refuse disposal and recycling
*Planned underground drainage system
*Allowing Real Estate companies to build (Gwarinpa,sunnyville
*Empowering the security and judiciary for fast discharge of their functions

SocialJustice:
You still haven't made any strong point.

America has 52 states, why are they not poor?

Having many States is not the reason for Nigeria's underdevelopment. Nigeria's problem is revenue based, the country is making too little money to effectively function.

Op please educate yourself more. We all agree our leaders have let us down but I will love to let you know that even the US and the UK and Europe are still developing.

America is a rich country but are Americans rich? Are the English rich? I believe the population of rich people in Nigeria is greater than in the Europe. You have to live in these countries and actually mingle to know.

bolayei:


Op please educate yourself more. We all agree our leaders have let us down but I will love to let you know that even the US and the UK and Europe are still developing.

America is a rich country but are Americans rich? Are the English rich? I believe the population of rich people in Nigeria is greater than in the Europe. You have to live in these countries and actually mingle to know.

Your ignorance stinks. Do you even know what GDP per capita is? Go and read.

Stop forming I've been to Europe, if you've really been there and you're still this ignorant then I feel very sorry for you.