Nigeria, March 8 -- Gimmick and deceit is their known trademark, members of the national assembly, have of recent introduced a new game of fooling the electorates to believing falsehood as 2027 is fast approaching. The new deceit rests with new states creation.

The said proposal for the mirage called additional 31 new states was hurriedly pushed to the House of Representatives Joint-Committee on Constitutional Review for a final resting place.

The 1999 Constitution (amended) has In Section 8 and other sections spelt out guidelines for the national assembly's approval of such requests.

The first hurdle has to do with support by at least two-third majority of members representing the area requesting for the new state in each of the follo...