he Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, threw its weight
behind the clamour for the creation of Orimili State out of the present
Anambra.
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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