Passing the motion sponsored by Hon. Tony One week Muonagor and seconded by Emeka Idu, the House urged Governor Peter Obi, National Assembly members from the state, and Anambra indigenes within and outside the country to support the demand for the new state.
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"Anambra State House of Assembly hereby pledges its total support for the creation of Orimili State. We also commend the Ohaneze Ndigbo for setting up a committee headed by the traditional ruler of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, on the creation of Orimili state," said the Speaker of Anambra House, Chinwe Nwebili, while reading the resolution of the House on the matter.
According to Nwebili, the new state being demanded would comprise of the Ogbaru, Anambra East and West, Onitsha North and South, Idemili North and South, Dunukofia, Oyi and Ayamelum Local Government Areas of the state.
In the various contributions, the state lawmakers said there was dire need for the creation of Orimili State because it would fast-track development in the 10 Local Government Areas which, according to them, had not felt much of government’s presence.
"It is only fair that one additional state is created in the South East, particularly from Anambra State, because other states have benefited in state creation. Besides, the Igbo people are at disadvantaged position in the scheme of things and that is why we need a new state to correct the imbalance," the sponsor of the motion, Muonagor, said.
He added that the demand for the creation of the state was in pursuit of equity because the south east zone had been marginalised, and the state was qualified to be given a new state because of its population of four million people.
Source: Daily Times
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ReplyDeleteU̶̲̥̅̊ can imagine. J̲̣̣̣U̶̲̥̅̊§τ̲̅ bcoz d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ r 4Million I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ population, then there ȋ̝̊̅§ need τ̲̅ȍ create a̶̲̥̅ state. Den wot should Lagos do wit a̶̲̥̅ Population of 15 Million? Should dat be a̶̲̥̅ priority? Our Politicians av missed the entire Focus Ãήϑ Goal Fø̲̣̣я̅ development.....NAWAO!
DeleteOrimili koo... Orisirisi state nii
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DeleteNo be biafra again naa orimiwu state!, e be ℓi̶̲̥̅ke̶̲̥̅ say dis pple no knw wetin dem want.
ReplyDeleteNaija needs good governance!
ReplyDeleteWe need to be able to recall bad leaders
Enough is enough with this stupid state creations everywhere.
ReplyDeleteHmmmn...do we really need a new state?
ReplyDeleteI dnt even like that name self....Idemili is better.
Sis., I don't think we need anymore state... Let's deal with the prob. in 9ja.
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this country has lost its purpose and priority.so because we are more than 4 million we need create another state , mawa o...meaning lagos state should start planning on carving like 5 states out of it cos the population is more than 20 million.smh...yeye people
ReplyDeleteSis., I dnt tynk we need any more state... Better still let's look into some critical prob.
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an avenue to keep on embezzling more money to enrich themselves and keep more in poverty...the opportunity is presented to ammend the constitution and of all the issues to be tackled some pursue the creation of more states......ole..
ReplyDeleteThank God my L.G is not among the "Orimili state" rubbish. Don't even like the name to start with. Mtcheeww
ReplyDeleteso some people move for an amalgamation of a Biafran states others are calling for more states.still can't believe Tony one week is a senator...ahh the ironies of life
ReplyDeleteOrimili state; marine spirit state. Every local government wants to be a state. Shior.
ReplyDeleteAnty linda wch skit sowi state r u 4rm sef.
ReplyDeleteMy friend write proper English. Check Wikipedia for Linda's info. Yimu
DeleteTwo Words, Thief People!!!
ReplyDeletei dont see d need for dat now
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a way we could all come togeda and agree not to pay taxes. Then we'll c where they will get d money to waste.
ReplyDeletemisplaced priorities. igbo states are already small (5 tiny states), why divide again. mschew
ReplyDeleteNa naija now, everyone wants their own state, so they can get fed govt money too.
ReplyDeleteIts happening everywhere.
We av nt been able to manage the states already in existence n they want to create more states. Dis" our own"," our own" mentality in nigeria is d major cause of disunity in dis country. If they are talking about development which of dem has had d nerve to bring auditors to check d states account n see if all dats been spent is commensurate to d amount of money already spent. They shuld learn from foreign countries cos when they av issues they identify n they tackle it from d root. How many times do u hear America or britain clamouring for more states? D money already givne hw adequately has it been used. We already av ebuf of mismanagement in government n creating more states is nt d solution to d problems in anambara state.
ReplyDeleteThis is bullshit abeg! I'm from Onitsha North they shldnt do this kind of rubbish abeg. They haven't finished doing Anambra as a whole its now creating another state TF is wrong with our leaders abeg?
ReplyDeleteOrimili 1 of Ogidi
ReplyDeleteI believe the igbos need an additional state atleast for equity among the other zones..wether d states r tiny or not has got nothing to do with It
ReplyDeleteFor goodness sae.why can't they just work and stop doing irrelevant things.
ReplyDeleteThey dont need to create more states, they ® just looking for avenues to embelzzle mere money all in the name of creating more states....
ReplyDeleteI am from Anambra and Dunukofia and i have this to say: THE ANAMBRA GOVERNMENT IS AS CLUELESS AS GEJ! so many bad roads, unemployed youths and they could think of is to create another state? RUBBISH! the few good roads remaining were constructed during Ngige's brief stay as governor, so many erosion sites,this peter obi and his cabinet na disgrace. ORIMILI KO, OSHIMILI, OSHISKO!
ReplyDeleteLinda Post my comment o!
Hehehehehehehehehe I be anambra boy and trust me that state will not work ooo. I just saw the Local government that will make up the state and I now noticed they are the ones with the "OIL". Oh they now want a new state because oil was discovered in their area. Is not going to work lie lie. Well I trust my people sha. No too much sermon during the evening mass. I rest my case. Criminals make una come carry the oil go na make we see una.
ReplyDeleteNonsense! D present Anambra NA, are busy doing nothing.thy ar just Pupets of Mr Peter Obi, dt z y they can not inflence d Governor to do somthn meaningfull in ds local Govt. Dreamers wait till 2030 u will surely get d new state. Orimili state my foot!
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness the igbos deserve and additional state to bring equity to the zone...being 5 states in the SE limits d nummber of senators they can hv to 15 as against 18 and 21 from other zones and their contribution to national isues can't be effective enough
ReplyDeleteNo wonder I've not been seeing Tony One Week doing Movies.§o he's now into politics..@ Chiboy chuks can U̶̲̥̅̊ pls stop with all dis "Sis" ish before commenting?
ReplyDeletethunder FIRE THEM ALL...Is that what we need now? stupid greedy old fools.
ReplyDeleteIf dey like let dem create Orimili State or even Oshimili State. My own be say, my LGA will Sτ̲̅îƪƪ retain Anambra State.
ReplyDeletewtf is this please,see how all the eastern and southern states are squeezed and stuffed,they still want to keep dividing them,it has a population of 4 million people and so what?...lagos state nko?...pls creating a new state is a no! no! for me.
ReplyDeleteNiger state alone is bigger than the whole of s/south & s/east, but they still leave in peace & harmony. While a state that is not upto my local govt are clamouring for seperation. Greedy homosapien. Magana ta kare. From Sanusi maiduguri.
ReplyDeleteWhat a rubbish comment are we talking about land mass or population? Niger state is not up to 200000 compared to Anambra that is more than 4 million
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ReplyDeleteThe Niger economy is nothing compared to that of an average southern state. Size is not everything. If u know how to read and comprehend, u wuld understand that this agitation is based on equity and not infighting like the request for 10 new states in the south west.
We do not need more states but Nigeria has encouraged this. The other regions that have more states get more oil money allocations and govt representation. Let us have real fiscal federalism and autonomy and you would have almost no requests for new states. I am from one of the local govts and will always consider myself an Anambrarian whatever happens.
All in all, we are great Biafrans and God is with us.
Its very sad reading the comments of people here with Linda included. I still cannot believe the ignorance amongst our people especially the young folks. What do you understand about the politics of a nation and state creation is not necessarily marginalization but a means of more revenue and development for NDIGBO. Linda, you are doing good as a young woman but endervour to educate your mind on issues going on in the world you live in. In the South East, how many states do we have as per other regions in the country and learn how that could affect Igbos. Read! my people. Read and get off FAcebbok and other social media. Educate yourselves folks!!!
ReplyDeleteThis local govt mentioned are the core of anambra, the river that the state was named after lies within the local govt. Other local govt should form their own orimili and live the core anambra alone
ReplyDeleteSo Linda you don't know about the panel that was set up a while ago during Obasanjo's tenure that decided the south eastern zone was a state less than the north, south west and other zones and the recommendation was to great a state to make all the zones equal? Try and research a topic before you publish (Though I know Nigeria does not update much info on the internet unlike other countries).
ReplyDeleteNdi ala...anyi choro steady light not creating more states...
ReplyDeleteSmmmmmmmmmmm
C ur head like Niger leaves in peace and harmony with those terrorist destroying lives and property...Shameless peoplÉ
ReplyDeleteOrimili na there dey won carry am go,enough of all this creation of a state. tony 1 week and co-nawaoooh!
ReplyDeletecrazy politicians are lookin 4where them go chop. STUPID PEOPLE.
ReplyDeleteOle !! A way for them to steal more money .
ReplyDeleteTony shld go bk 2 acting cos he doesn't kw politics, these LGA's he mentioned are d core Anambra, what then shld happen 2 d name Anambra state?
ReplyDeleteOk
ReplyDeletei'm from Dunukofia,i can't see myself in that orimiri abi what?they should find beter name
ReplyDeletefor it
All the igbos want is equity and fairness.bring the number of states in d region at par with that in oda regions of Nigeria...At ''Mr Niger'' we've seen how stupid u are comparing ur cattle rearing economy with infertile and no mineral producing land with any of the southern states…
ReplyDeleteOrimili ko,ndi ori!
ReplyDeleteI am from Dunukofia; Ummunnachi to be precise. No doubt, the Orimili zone as the describe lacks adequate government presence and I gat mix feelings about the dividing Anambra via state creation. I do not know, but I think that the Nsukka people of Enugu state should be given priority in matters that that has to do with state division in Igbo land.
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