The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole,
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, on Wednesday advised state agitators to return their representatives to the National Assembly in 2011.
News Agency of Nigeria said Bankole gave the advice in Abuja while receiving two separate delegations requesting for the creation of New Delta and Toru-Ebe states for Urhobo and Ijaw ethnic nationalities.
The Speaker told the delegations, which included traditional rulers, that the parliament had so far received more than 40 requests for state creation.
“`I agree with all the 40 requests, the more they come, the more I agree with them,’’ he said.
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