Araba Kayode
Thus , the senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko has reveal that senators from Delta, South East and other stakeholders have lend thier voice to the creation of Anioma state to correct perceived marginalisation of south east geo-political zone it will recalled that a bill to create Anioma state had passed first reading in the Senate on July 2.
However,this was made known to the newsman in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday, the sponsor of the bill, Nwoko said the bill seeks to alter provisions of 1999 Constitution (as amended) to create Anioma state.
Furthermore, Senator Nwoko said that the south-east geopolitical zone currently has five states, unlike its counterparts, which have six each, except for the North- West, which has seven states.
He further stated that the creation of Anioma state has received wide support from major stakeholders, Nwoko also mention the two other senators from Delta state, Ede Dafinone (Delta Central and Joel-Onowakpo Thomas (Delta South) support the creation of the state. For me, that is a big support.
The Izu Anioma, which is the umbrella group of all Aniomas are saying we want it, the Ikpe Anioma says we want it and Nwoko dismissed report by a group alleging that he did not consult wildly before presenting the bill for creation of Anioma state for first reading.
He said the call for creation of Anioma state was timely and has to happen for various reasons, adding that the eventual creation will address years of concerns, challenges of Ndigbo in Nigeria.
He Nwoko alluded to the fact that there was the need to bring a lasting solution to issues in the region. We are looking at finding lasting solution to crisis, you don’t create a state for the fun of it, no, you create a state to address a particular issue of concern.
He said Nigeria now has a president who is determined to right wrongs of the past, because it is important to do so and “the government want to solve the problem of the south east”.
