Is The Midwest Too Small To Be A Region Or Even A Country Of Its Own?
By Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki Is the Midwest too small to be a Region (or even a Nation-State) of its own? NO! It was A WHOLE REGION before! It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 19 northern States and 3 Northern zones was a REGION like the Midwest! It was A WHOLE REGION, when the South West (with 6 States) was a REGION like the Midwest! It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 5 States that make up the South-East along with the other 4 States of the South-South zone was a REGION like the Midwest! NB: (the old Eastern Region now has 9 states: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, & Rivers). There is No South-West State except Oyo, that is larger than either Edo (6,873 sq miles/17,801 sq Kilometers) or Delta (6,873 sq miles/17,697 sq Kilometers). The Midwest is Larger than ALL THE SOUTH-EAST or Biafra - Abia, ANAMBRA, Ebonyi, Enugu & Imo States combined, has 11,346 sq Miles (29,386 sq Km) as against the MIDWEST Stat...