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State creation expands the federation
The Babangida regime created additional states, eventually bringing Nigeria to thirty states by 1991.
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1987
State creation expands the federation
The Babangida regime created additional states, eventually bringing Nigeria to thirty states by 1991.
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The Babangida regime created additional states, eventually bringing Nigeria to thirty states by 1991. State creation became an answer to minority demands but also multiplied administrative costs and federal allocation politics.