Gowon urges N’Assembly to reject state creation

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has called on the National Assembly not to accede to requests of various interests in the country to create more states.

Creating new states, he said, would only increase the burden of governance in the country.

He also called for the introduction of electoral college in the 2015 presidential election.

Gowon,  who was represented by the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Alhaji Aliko Mohammed, spoke on Wednesday at a conference organised by Arewa House Centre for Historical Documentation and Research of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

According to Gowon, new states will not resolve the several problems bedevilling the country.

Gowon said,  “We are faced with challenges in the country, no doubt. Now that the constitution review is in place, the National Assembly must end the agitation for the creation of new states by some ethnic nationalities. More states  will only increase cost of governance.

“New states will not resolve the catalogue of problems  in the country.”