Former Nigeria’s Head of state and elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has explained why he championed the creation of 12 states in Nigeria while he was in office as head of state.

Defections by state governors have since changed the country's political map. Nigeria's 160 million population ... only 1.4% of children aged 12-23 months had received all their basic vaccinations ...

General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has given insight into why he championed the creation of states in Nigeria, among others, while he was in the office as head of state, even as he urged Northern elites ...

opposed making the six geo-political zones or the 12 states of 1967 as the federating units. "We want a Nigeria that meets the yearnings of Nigerians. Powers and functions must be devolved to the ...