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ANALYSIS: Many Nigerians want more states, but constitutional hurdles won’t make it happen

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According to the report submitted by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review on 6 June, the National Assembly received 56 requests for new states, distributed across the six geopolitical zones. The post ANALYSIS: Many Nigerians want more states, but constitutional hurdles won’t make it happen appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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