CREATION OF MORE STATE IS A WASTE - LAGOS LAWMAKER

THE Chairman Lagos House of Assembly Committee for Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Hon. Bisi Yusuf, has described the proposed creation of more states in the country as unnecessary and a waste of resources.

Hon. Bisi Yusuf who represents Alimosho constituency 1, in the assembly disclosed this while speaking to House correspondents, in the assembly press centre at the weekend. Hon. Yusuf explained that many of the already existing states are not viable and cannot survive without depending on allocation from the Federal Government


He was reacting to the recent approval for the creation of more states by delegates at the National Confab. He said rather than creating more states, what the country needs is a purposeful and sound leadership that would manage its resources effectively.

“ How many of the existing states are viable?” he asked. Hon Yusuf stressed that we do not need more states because we have not even been able to take adequate care of the ones that we have.
He observed that there is high level of poverty in many of the states and a lot of people live in penury. A lot of Nigerians are poor and the resources available are not even well utilized by the government, he remarked.

He said that many of the sectors of the economy are not functioning properly. The polytechnics have been on strike for over eight months, health workers are now on strike, power supply is still epileptic and many of our roads are dilapidated.

“Does it not make economic sense for the country to channel its resources to the already existing states and ensure that all the states have adequate infrastructure?” he inquired.