Discordant tunes threaten move to create additional state for South-East

In the past, there have been moves to create Etiti State from the five states, Orashi State from Imo and Anambra states, Njaba from the present Imo State, the excision of Aba State from Abia State and Adada State from Enugu State. It would be recalled that Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives from Imo State, introduced a bill to create Orlu State to increase the number of states in the Southeast to six.

spoke with the spokesperson of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnia, on the dispute over the carving. He stated that the apex Igbo group already inaugurated a committee to carefully design the proper carving out of a new state from the Southeast. According to Ogbonnia, the committee, chaired by Okwesilieze Nwodo, a former governor of Enugu State, will produce the position of the Igbos on the creation.

recalls that the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, who addressed journalists on the matter, urged the National Assembly to jettison any plan to create Orlu State. Okwu, who described it as an invitation to chaos in the South-East, said it negates the spirit of equity and justice.

that the legislators need to consider the complex ethnic identities in Igbo land before submitting bills for state creation. He stated that the move to create Anioma State from present-day Delta State to move it to the Southeast to balance the region may not work because of identity crises, as many in Delta may not want to fully identify as Igbo. “For me, there is the issue of identity crisis.

during a phone interview. He stated that there should instead be a quasi-referendum to identify groups with similarities in culture and aspiration to create a state. “There would be a need for the legislator to conduct a quasi-referendum to determine those that have concise similarities in culture, attitude, and language for a possible creation along that line. It is quite complex in a constitutional democracy,” he said.

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