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|last=[[Uzodinma Nwala]] |first= |date=1997 |title=Nigeria: Path to Unity and Stability Abuja National Constitutional Conference (1994-95) |url=https://oer.unn.edu.ng/read/nigeria-path-to-unity-and-stability-abuja-national-constitutional-conference-1994-95/file.pdf}}</ref> in order to reflect cultural, economic, and political realities of the regions: * [[North Central (Nigeria)|North Central]]: [[Benue State]], [[Kogi State]], [[Kwara State]], [[Nasarawa State]], [[Niger State]], [[Plateau State]] and [[Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria]]. * [[North East (Nigeria)|North East]]: [[Adamawa State]], [[Bauchi State]], [[Borno State]], [[Gombe State]], [[Taraba State]] and [[Yobe State]]. * [[North West (Nigeria)|North West]]: [[Jigawa State]], [[Kaduna State]], [[Kano State]], [[Katsina State]], [[Kebbi State]], [[Sokoto State]] and [[Zamfara State]]. * [[South East (Nigeria)|South East]]: [[Abia State]], [[Anambra State]], [[Ebonyi State]], [[Enugu State]] and [[Imo State]]. * [[South South]]: [[Akwa Ibom State]], [[Bayelsa State]], [[Cross River State]], [[Delta State]], [[Edo State]] and [[Rivers State]]. * [[South West (Nigeria)|South West]]: [[Ekiti State]], [[Lagos State]], [[Ogun State]], [[Ondo State]], [[Osun State]] and [[Oyo State]]. * * This was achieved after adding additional six states to the already existing 30 to make up the present 36 states in the country.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yaqub |first=Nuhu |date=September 2023 |title=Quasi-Democracy and Autocracy as Governance Systems in Nigeria An Examination |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/gss.2023.a917368 |journal=Journal of Global South Studies |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=312–357 |doi=10.1353/gss.2023.a917368 |issn=2476-1419}}</ref> Abacha held a constitutional conference between 1993 and 1995. 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