With exactly a week to go, on May 27, 1967, Gowon began the creation of states in N!geria. The states destroyed and buried what was left of the regional government that was abolished by the Ironsi government in 1966.

As peace, security, justice, and progress continued to elude N!geria, Ojukwu and Gowon met in Aburi to find a way out between January 4 and 5, 1967. The discussion was friendly and fruitful. Days later, Gowon reneged on the decisions.
As the insecurity of the lives of Easterners continued unabated, Ojukwu decided that he would create the state of B!afra if nothing changed.
When Gowon heard about it, he threatened Ojukwu with creating the COR state in the eastern region if he did not drop the idea of B!afra.
The COR state means Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers state.
When Gowon realized that Ojukwu was bent on declaring Biafra, on May 27th, just 3 days before the declaration of the Republic of B!afra (30th, 1967), Gowon created the Rivers and Cross River states out of the Eastern Region.
To balance the equation, he created 10 other states in N!geria on the same day. This is the origin of the creation of states in N!geria, which has given us 36 of them today.
The state system we have today was therefore principally meant to stop the coming of B!afra, not for easier administration.
Do you now understand why the state thing is not w0rking? Do you now understand why it is possible for a governor to take $700,000 from the state coffers to pay his son's school fees abroad in advance?
Do you now understand why state g0vernors do not care about the feelings and wishes of the people and why the people are complacent?
Do you now understand why the nation is not m0ving at all?
N!geria is like that sick person who knows the cause of his sickness and the treatment that would heal him but decides to ignore them.
Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu