Hurray! three states structure; Mr Okunnu, political Pervert.

"New states will kill the federation" – Olufemi Okunnu. lol, sadly. (Vanguard Newspaper  5/19/13)

 Hurray! three states structure;  Mr Okunnu, political Pervert

Then let's us have three or lesser number of states if the function is the lesser the number of states the more the 'survivability' of the Nigeria State. This is a poor argument that must have came from either poor or politically perverted mind. What kills a nation is not political partitions but political perversion where certain citizens are treated differently and or unfairly; where the government is corrupt and anarchist in nature. U.S has 50 States, Italy has over hundred provinces which is equivalent to states.

Creation of States and local Governments, congressional representation and federal allocations.

States and local governments should be created base on population of people in an area. However since area population is dynamic and constant state and local government creation is impracticable; congressional districts or representation should be used to balance, compensate and remedy population shifts. As such federal allocation should be apportioned base on congressional districts in a local government or in a states

To achieve a reasonable state, local government creation and congressional district apportionment and federal allocation a national ID card backed by biometrics is an imperative. Until such a time we secure reliable national ID card, for equity today, each of the existing 6 geo-political zones in the country should have 7 states each and equal number of local governments; I am not a fan of more states or local governments but I also recognize that existing state cannot be scraped for parity hence a 7 state per zone remedy is what is achievable now for equity among the zones.

After the national ID, more local government may or may not be necessary since federal allocation will then be based on congressional districts (which in turn are based on actual population) in a local government or state. Because population is a dynamic phenomenon, a headcount or census every eight to ten years must be conduct so as to adjust the number of congressional districts per area or per state. The number of congressional districts per states also accords a state its fair share of federal allocation and the number of congressional delegations for the Federal House.

Who is afraid of National ID scheme backed by biometrics? And what was the bases or criteria for the creation of the existing states and local government by the military dictatorships? No criteria whatsoever, the creation of the existing states and local government were based on arbitrary war time military strategy, expediency, nepotism, tribalism and or political manipulation. Do any body honestly believe that each of the three zones in the north are more populated than the Ibo population in Nigeria? Apart from the north west zone I have lived in the remaining 5 zones and none of this zones have either the population density or spread as present in the south east.

If military dictatorship is an aberration so are the political structures and partitions done by the dictatorships. Once again what was the bases for the creation of the present 36 state structure and 774 local governments?