Dismantle 36 states, restructure into 6 regions —Nwanze

By Prince Okafor 

Former President, Institute of Directors, IOD, and Vice chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, ICON Stockbrokers Limited, Mr. Chike Nwanze, has called for restructuring of the 36 states of the federation into six regional governments. 


Nwanze, who made the call at the 2016 Nigeria Institute of Management lecture, tagged The Leadership Question and the Challenges Ahead in Lagos, said:   “I propose that apart from the Federal Government, the existing 36 States should be dismantled and restructured into six regional 
governments.” 

According to him, the six regions should be North Western, North Eastern, North Central, South Western, South Eastern,