"The delegate, who urged his fellow delegates to address the injustice that led to the creation of more states and local government areas in the North, however made a specific reference to the disparity in the number of local governments in Kano and Lagos states, adding that while Lagos with the highest number of people in Nigeria has only 20 local government areas, Kano state with a population close to that of Lagos, has 44 local government areas."
"This led to uproar on the floor apparently from the Northern delegates who were not comfortable with his submission."
"Refusing to be intimidated by the uproar, Agbonmwanegbe said that Nigerians do not have the capacity to conduct a free and credible census."
"He therefore called on the United Nations to assist in conducting Nigeria’s census if the country must have credible results.""Refusing to be intimidated by the uproar, Agbonmwanegbe said that Nigerians do not have the capacity to conduct a free and credible census."
"All their efforts to shout him down proved abortive, as the conference chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi ignored their calls."
"A Kano state delegate and former Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Ibrahim Baba Ahmed who could not hold back his anger flouted the procedure rules of the Conference where screamed, saying, “Arrest him! Arrest him now!”
"Agbonmwanegbe continued “I did my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in the north. So, I know what I saw during my service years. I can authoritatively tell you that there is injustice in this country. How can a state like Katsina or Kano have more local government areas than Lagos which has the highest population? It is obvious that there is injustice and this should be addressed?"
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