Suspend creation of new states

-  The senator representing Cross River State southern senatorial district at the National Assembly,  Prince Bassey Otu, has advised that the federal government should not create any new states for now. Speaking with reporters in Calabar, he was of the opinion that although new states were necessary by the federal government needs to frontally tackle the various security challenges facing her in order to enhance a better life in entirety.
The Senator stated that it is when security challenges in the country are solved that the states to be so created can be feasible as they will enjoy the benefit of nationhood thereby fulfilling their of self-determination and even development as canvassed by the agitators. ”The country is presently plagued with the problem of irregular supply of electricity from the national grid, deplorable state of federal roads and insecurity among others that require remedy which if rectified will strengthen the bond of unity,” Otu stated. ”What we require most is unity, without which there can be no peace which is vital for development and prosperity for now and in the years ahead”, the Senator contended.
He advised the agitators for the creation of new states to eschew bitterness in the pursuit of their wish explaining that the exercise should not be misconstrued to mean separation of hitherto kith and kins but the provision of basic amenities and resources the areas were previously denied or neglected.