State creation in Nigeria can enhance political representation by increasing the number of senatorial districts and local governments, which creates more employment opportunities in civil service ministries and allows citizens to have their own senators rather than competing for limited positions, while also enabling more equitable distribution of resources and government services to the population.
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Anioma State Creation Is Back On The Table
Added:and wants to join their brothers. So there is nothing. Somebody said has already divided us own way divide.
>> No didn't divide us. Our people are there in Ubaru. Our people are there. We need to go and be with them. If it's s that is the best option. I talk to my sist people listening to us.
The best bet for you is to be added is for addition rather to be stagnant.
Because if you create an state is stagnancy for you. You have not made progress.
>> IF YOU PUT AN YOU added nine local government WITH THE POPULATION IT comes with the resources it comes with >> and the prey it comes with. So that is the best bet. Thank you very much com [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] what what do you have to add to what he says before we go over to the phone line?
>> Yeah, Dr. M is always a man to be with.
So we think I'm sure that have a lot of human resources to run it.
>> Yes.
>> You don't need to be fear that people will come from southeast to take it over. It's already deadio.
We have people bel >> I was sure when I read about that sometime around 1939 that >> yes >> I come across so old town cotton when they say the western EO want to join the southeast brother >> western egos west African pilot newspaper not del if you go through some of old newspaper court you see such similar thing like that so we have been what we are let me what the most important about this our identity crisis which people are just hiding under it not let me tell you it is not entitlement to be ego >> it is not within your power >> people say you are I watch a fool man from God. He said what does want I give an >> I give his name what they want from me again that is how they see you from se from knows you person then you are from doing chopping [clears throat] the food doing anyway That's not issue please. Any state is >> circumstance. Circumcance is what our ancestor have ordained >> and it will be what we call a divine cost a spiritual cost a generational cost. If this president political crop state out of personal selfishness political naivity political me alone reject >> I like that political me alone.
[laughter] reject because this issue is beyond generation. It's a generational interest.
>> So I humbly want to appeal on the behalf of spirit of senator and ancestor who fought and stage to be created. Yes, >> please allow it to be done because one thing my last warning because of time it is we are state and no class citizen >> we don't we are no class citizen they are first class citizen second class anywhere but I tell you how is it measured the metric how many of us are ambassador how many of us can leverage the position of high court high court judge federal court industrial court particularly I'm alone when I was in federal judiciary I was alone and I through my mother who say federal judiciary people scholarship team going on federal scholarship abroad how many of you can leverage it you cannot but created the slot will be shared equ >> now let me let me let me tell you something that some people have been asking me what is the advantage what's the advantage because people want to know the advantage they keep looking at if we enter into sit it automatically makes us ego I say how long we were in the southwest. Middle bed was in southwest. Did he make us Euroba?
>> We later became middle bed. Did he make us a do >> when we were bending? Did he make us to be aui people?
>> Now we are in south and he told me to be an epic man or man. WHAT ARE PEOPLE REASONING this myopically now creation of state when data state was created from bend we know what happened?
The ministries remain they created the ministries. More employment was done.
people will be employed when data state goes to worry. You know what is going to happen? Those people who are leaving Asaba the ministries had to be freed up.
>> So there's going to be spaces open for employment >> federal state.
>> Are you getting me now? NOW BECAUSE IF I AM A I'M FROM I'm from Sapp and I was working in the ministry of for example I'm working hospital management board and somebody who is maybe the permanent secretary of my okay department secretary right now is a car man probably the permanent secretary was from sil they create an STATE HE WILL DEFINITELY GO TO his state isn't it >> then that means an man will become secretary >> there will be spaces for employment because these ministries will remain That's that's what people don't know >> the THE MINISTRIES WE HAVE WE REMAIN MINISTER OF POWER AND energy ministry of this minister of this but now you will now have like let's say if we have many local government now nine >> let's say if we have the population of civil servants now we have in data state is let's say we are 2 million for example >> then by they create data to go to worry an stay in you now maybe you have like 1.2 2 million people or 1.3 million people go to data state civil service and worry.
>> How will you know are we not going to fill the spaces those people have left?
>> Yes.
>> That is that is what people don't think.
They just start thinking this sentiment this emotions get them carried away.
THERE'LL BE MORE JOB AND GOVERNMENT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE center >> for you now to move from qual now within the state will now do what we call senatorial again.
>> Yes. Now before >> one to the south, one to the central.
Now we GOING TO HAVE THREE SENATORIAL district again in the state. Meaning a car will not have a senator will be senator. NO NEED TO >> I DON'T WANT TO MENTION IT HERE. I'M NOT TRYING NO I'M NOT TRYING TO DE BECAUSE [laughter] PEOPLE DON'T THINK OUR PEOPLE DON'T THINK.
>> THEY DON'T THINK they don't look AT THINGS CRITICALLY. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A STATE CALLED YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THREE senators now >> three SENATORS BECAUSE TWO SENATORS HAVE LEFT THEY'VE GONE to the da state when created >> now we NOW HAVE QUAL THE WHOLE OF THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT from we now create we now bring out one >> senator because on isani >> theani is side of anra we join is The four [clears throat] local government is called is three local governments west and local government as capital.
>> Then is a car north a east northeast and a car south.
>> Now you have three senatorial districts.
>> So instead OF BE JUGGLING WHO IS GOING TO BE s between Edoko and former governor Okawa or one other person. Now a car can covenantly bring out their own senator >> without anyone.
>> Nobody >> I know plus one who is part OF IS ADDED.
>> NO [laughter] DEFINITELY WILL ADDED THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE.
>> No is not okay. If they don't if they are not but whe juggling and struggling who they've never produced a senator once okay apart from apart from they will get a senator >> are you getting me this is what state creation does BOTH CAPITAL HUMAN and natural resources are equitably distributed to come down to House of Reps of House of Assembly BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE YOU SEE let me tell you there's going to be more local governments for example a car is big enough to have four local governments >> and can be further divided again >> two constituency two for I don't KNOW >> THEY WILL DIVIDE IT BECAUSE N LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT MAKE A STATE IT'S ONLY ONE state in Nigeria I think that has about 15 local government >> by 15 9 or 10 or there about I think it's 11 because of water is water that cause their problem we don't have much water here we have land and we have the population >> we have land has population has population they can give one local government have one local government or two you understand and we move along if you see the population of people coming to state right now a lot of people like to stay in talk encoura Everywhere is blessed is blessed MY DEAR.
>> SO PEOPLE should know the advantage. It will come closer to you. It will come closer to you. That employment you are LOOKING FOR THAT YOU ARE now struggling with your table.
>> We are now struggling to get a job in ministry of power and energy or ministry of education. You are now struggling between you and a car man a normal man is struggling with those from data south and those from data north. You know we do it in quarter a quarter system. No it's not going to be there because two people have removed from the plates.
>> Just imagine you have a plate of rubalushi a plate of food >> and three of us are eating it then all of a sudden they remove you and >> say only me should eat it.
>> I think when I look at the food because it's too big I will now call my sisters to come and JOIN ME. THAT'S HOW IT IS.
THEY WERE NEVER IN THE PICTURE BEFORE but now because the food now is too big for me to consume I say sister you were not coming before when these people were here come and join me now you come and join me now because there's plenty now for us to eat that is how it is.
>> Thank you very much Dr. Mike is my job is at stake. DON'T >> YOUR JOB IS NOT [laughter]
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