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Movement for Ijebu
From Left to Right, Speaker House of Assembly Hon Oladimeji Bankole,Hon Gbenga Oduwaiye,Senator Lekan Mustapha,Awujale Of Ijebu Land Oba Sikiru Adetona

 

Movement for the creation of Ijebu State stormed the National Assembly yesterday (21/01/09) where they met with Speaker Dimeji Bankole , Senator Lekan Mustapha and other key officials of the House of Representatives on the need for the proposed state to be created.

 


The agitators led by Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona and Chairman of the Movement for the creation of the state, Professor Adebayo Adedeji, said that Ijebu state should be created now because all the 24 provinces that were in existence during the colonial era had become states except Ijebu.

 


Bankole observed that the issue of state creation was the responsibility of the entire parliament but assured the delegation that the House would be guided by fairness in its consideration of all the proposals submitted to it on state creation. He urged the agitators to go back and re strategise as according to him a lot more needed to be done to actualise the dream

 

''On Ijebu State, just like every other person have gone in with their own demand for the creation of various states, that is what we have also done on the creation of Ijebu State. But I can tell you that by the grace of God, if States are going to be created at all, Ijebu State will be one of them.''

 

Culled from Interview with Senator Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha on 28th May 2008.

Full Interview available on http://allafrica.com/stories/200805290785.html