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The 20 pages that link to State creation in Nigeria, each with the reason it gives.

• Nigerian federalismRelated: New states have been sought to improve representation while also multiplying administrative and fiscal claims.

• States of NigeriaBroader topic: This process explains how the country moved from four regions to its current 36 states.

• Nigerian military juntasRelated: Military rulers used state creation to alter regional balance and federal administration.

• Aburi AccordCompared with: State creation offered a federal alternative to the regional autonomy Ojukwu associated with Aburi.

• Abia StateNarrower topic: Abia’s founding belongs to this broader history of state creation.

• Edo StateNarrower topic: Edo State emerged during Nigeria’s 1991 reorganization of state boundaries.

• Ekiti StateRelated: Ekiti emerged from a national state-creation process intended partly to bring government closer to local populations.

• Kwara StateRelated: Kwara was established during the 1967 restructuring of Nigeria’s regions.

• Yobe StateNarrower topic: Yobe’s establishment was one episode in this process.

• Imo StateRelated: Imo was established during Nigeria’s 1976 state-creation reform.

• Ondo StateRelated: Ondo was created during the 1976 expansion of Nigeria’s states.

• Sokoto StateNarrower topic: The state was established during Nigeria’s 1976 expansion from 12 to 19 states.

• Jigawa StateNarrower topic: Jigawa's formation was part of Nigeria's successive reorganizations of its federation.

• Kogi StateNarrower topic: Kogi’s establishment in 1991 was part of a national reorganization that created several states.

• Plateau StateRelated: The 1976 creation of Plateau State belonged to this process.

• Zamfara StateRelated: Zamfara became a state in the 1996 reorganization.

• Ebonyi StateRelated: Ebonyi was one of six states created by the federal government in 1996.

• Gombe StateRelated: The 1996 national reorganization created Gombe State.

• Kaduna StateNarrower topic: The 1976 creation of Kaduna was one stage in this continuing process.

• Nasarawa StateRelated: Nasarawa emerged during the 1996 state-creation exercise.