Good Governance Ministry (GGM) ,a political advocacy group has thrown her weight behind Gov Alex Otti on the rejection of unviable state creation across Nigeria . In a statement issued by the Ambassador General of the Ministry – Ndubuisi Anaenugwu , on Sunday, July 20, 2025, the statement reads in full ” 90 % of the existing States are being spoonfed from monthly federal allocation . Without sharing cakes from Abuja , most of these States will go bankrupt . Creating more States is to create more confusion and more jobs for unproductive and corrupt politicians. GGM will always support a system of government that would promote competition and production. A system where federating units will be allowed to bake their own cakes . GGM is solidly behind Gov Alex Otti for his visionary Leadership . GGM agrees with Gov Alex Otti that creation of sixth state in south east will corrct decades of existing structural inbalance”
“The M.I. Okparas and Sam Mbakwes of this world did not wait for the creation of tiny enclaves called states before making the generational impacts they made. They governed vast territories and still achieved prosperity,” the statement noted.
GGM acknowledged the constitutional and political imbalance that has left the South-East as the only zone with five states, while others have six and the North-West has seven.
GGM cautioned stakeholders and public officeholders to avoid pursuing state creation as a selfish political project, noting that short-term political gains often come at the expense of long-term national interest.
“Creating additional states without first laying a solid economic foundation is a dangerous distraction from our real developmental challenges,” the statement added
