Former military Head of State,
Gen. Yakubu Gowon has revealed why he created states in the country during his
regime.
He said creation of states became
imperative following fears by minority ethnic groups in the country that the
majority ones would swallow them up.
He added also that it was done to
douse the fears of the country’s breakup.
General Gowon said this in
Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital where he was accompanied by his wife,
Victoria to commission the newly built Bayelsa State Government House.
General Gowon said, “I was
delighted to create those states…years ago. At that time, the political
situation was very difficult.
“There was fears of the country
breaking up, fears of domination of the minority and the question was, what
were we going to do in order to remove this fear causing problems in Nigeria?
“Fears of being dominated by
majority ethnic groups? The creation of states was to solve these fears.”
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