According to him, the creation of new states can only be made possible by a consensus. “If Nigerians agree that there is need for more states and that there are injustices that needed to be addressed in area of state creation, and they believe that the imbalances need to be adjusted in all parts of the country where there is dominance against the other, we must address it. So if Nigerians agree in that regard, I am sure we can build consensus around it and go ahead to create the state. I think it is something we are going to give a trial because there are valid requests there that need to be addressed” he said.
Ekweremadu who also spoke on the controversy surrounding the establishment of state police, faulted the position of northern governors on the issue.
According to him, the northerner governors position contradicts the stand of the larger forum of the governors who, through the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, forwarded their recommendation in favour of state police to the committee.
In a communique, signed on behalf of the governors by Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, the Governors had agreed that instead of state police, the constitution should be amended just to allow the governors to control the commissional of police in their various states.
“The Forum is not in support of creation of state police. It however resolved to prevail on the Federal Government to embark on police reform that will assist the states in control and management of police affairs, and sound philosophy of modern policing by amending the provision of Section 215,” the northern governors declared in a communiqué read by Aliyu after the meeting.
But in a swift reaction to the governors’ position, Ekweremadu affirmed: “What the northern governors said contradicts the presentation by Governor Chibuike Amechi of Rivers State at Asaba. He made a very strong case for state police, and it also contradicts Prof. Isawa Elaigwu, a northerner, who also presented a keynote address and suggested five years single term.”
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