xGowon, therefore, created 12 states out of the former four regions in order to checkmate Ojukwu. What would have been the fate of Nigeria if the 12 states had survived? In rueful moments, I sometimes wonder what would Nigeria have looked like if the 12 states had survived. When we were young, Western State was the centre of cocoa, coffee, cotton, timber trade in Africa. Even God will not do for us what we ought to do for ourselves.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2021 03:15 UTC