BY BEN OSUAGWU
As the National Assembly Committee on the Constitution Review is meeting in Imo State for Imo and Abia States, for the creation of more States in Nigeria, the primary peace solving issue must be to bring South East at Par with other States in the country. The South East has over the years suffered unimaginable marginalisation which only the Igbos can endure. If such happened in any other zone, the country would have been in flames. Based on this premise, Imo State Governor should ask for three more States for the South East.Prior to that, ONE ADDITIONAL STATE SHOULD BE CREATED FOR THE SOUTH EAST AS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE EQUITY AND FAIRNESS.The WICKED MARGINALISATION MUST STOP with the CREATION OF FIRST AND FOREMOST, ONE ADDITIONAL STATE IN THE SOUTH EAST to bring it at Par with other States. This means that South East will firstly have Six States and two more. Anything outside this is only mere lipservice unity.
The States to be created should be;
ORASHI or ORLU STATE having some parts of Imo and Anambra States. The creation of this State is OVERDUE.
ETITI STATE with all the present South East States donating some Local Governments. The headquarters should be between Abia, Enugu and Imo States.
ABA or ADADA STATE should be the next State. ABA State should take precedence over ADADA STATE.The struggle for ABA STATE has been on since 1980s.
ANIOMA STATE should be caved out of the Present Delta State. There is every NEED for that State to be created.
The NATIONAL ASSEMBLY should ensure that South East becomes part and parcel of Nigeria. For now, there’s nothing to show it is.