Nigeria: Uzodimma, Otti differ on state creation — Africa Links 24

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo and his Abia counterpart, Governor Alex Otti, on Saturday, expressed varied opinions on state creation at a public hearing on the 1999 Constitution Review.

The exercise was organised in Owerri for both states.

And while Mr Uzodimma advocated for the creation of additional states in the South-East, Mr Otti expressed reservations about creating 31 additional states in the country.

Mr Uzodimma said that additional states for the South-East would…