Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, has said an extra state would enable the southeast to “match with the rest of the country in terms of opportunities and national assembly.”
Ekweremadu explained that the southeast needs an extra state because the region is shortchanged.
Speaking during a town hall meeting in Enugu State, the lawmaker said the southeast is shortchanged in the area of resource control.
According to him: “The number [in the national assembly] is lopsided, because of the way the states were created.
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“Right now, the south-east has just five states while others have six and seven. With the senate, we have just fifteen [lawmakers], while some have 18 and some 21.
“So when it comes to voting and resource distribution, we are shortchanged. If you go to the house of representatives, [it’s a] similar thing.
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“I believe that the fair thing to do is for the country to agree for us to have an extra state for the south-east. So that will enable us to match with the rest of the country in terms of opportunities and national assembly.”
