A source told the Nigerian Tribune in Lagos, at the weekend, that the thinking in official quarters was to make it a special gift for the agitators for new states on the historic date.
The source hinted that the plan was for President Goodluck Jonathan to announce the new states in his national broadcast to mark the independence anniversary.
But the source was silent on the level of collaboration of the presidency with the National Assembly, which had received hordes of memoranda for new states.
There was also no clue on the number of states that might be created, though the authorities had said the whole exercise would be based on merit.
About 25 requests for new states had been tabled before the National Assembly by various groups to replace the existing 36 state structure.
Some of the proposed states include Lagoon state from Lagos; Oke-Ogun from Oyo; Oduduwa from Osun and Savannah from Borno.
It will be recalled that the Senate President, David Mark, recently promised the creation of new states in line with the yearnings of the people.
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