We cannot create new state,this is not a military Regime -Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says creation of new states based on the recommendations of the just concluded national conference is not feasible.Ekweremadu who stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Umuahia, Abia State, noted that the extant laws of the 1999 Constitution had made state creation a near-impossibility, explaining that until the toxic clauses in the constitution are amended, the hope of those expecting new states might remain a mirage.
Asked how the leadership of the National Assembly would collaborate with the Presidency to integrate the outcome of the national conference into the constitution, Ekweremadu said “It is up to the President to decide on what to do with the document.”

He said, ” You should know the technicalities of state creation. It is not a matter of sitting down in one place and  saying you have created states because this is not a military era. There are constitutional requirements and you have to pass through them.”
On the lingering political feud between him and his State Governor, Sullivan Chime, the Deputy Senate President, said their differences would be resolved at the fullness of time through a democratic process.The Senator’s rumoured governorship ambition in 2015 is believed to have pitched him against Chime who rather insists that the seat be zoned to Nsuka people in the spirit of equity and fairness.Ekweremadu denied the existence of any crisis in the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party as a result of his alleged rift with Chime.
He said he had no personal feud with the Governor explaining that whatsoever difference he has with Chime will be resolved at the appropriate time and does not warrant undue public attention.