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There is no universal formula for determining how many states a country should have. Nigeria has 36 states, but why not 35 or 37? Is 36 event he ideal number?
Politically I thought the only thing we should do was to break up all those regions to ensure that no region or new states would be too big to be a threat to the unity of the country, and the fear of that domination by one particular state will no longer be a threat.
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is an independent researcher based in southern Nigeria. His analysis has been published on platforms such as The Hood Communists, Horn Observers, and The Black Agenda Report.
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