workable federalism that will concentrate power in the federating units to drive the socio-economic development of the country through healthy competitions for growth in all the sectors that are today suffering one deficit or the other.
There are currently 36 states in the country, distributed unevenly among the six geo-political zones. The South-South, South-West, North-Central, and North-East have six states each; the North-West has seven states, while the South-East has five states. Currently, a bill for the creation of Orlu State, sponsored by Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, a member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, and 15 others, is pending in the House of Representatives.
Upon coming to power in 1987 through a military coup, the regime of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida created two additional states, Akwa Ibom and Katsina. Subsequently, the same regime also created nine additional states—Abia, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Kebbi, Osun, Kogi, Taraba, and Yobe—in 1991. On October 1, 1996, Gen.