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Rated by Participant: E1B1CD3DE13ED05C9AC53B391970D837C69B3C76D6B14F4842BCCDC756322219
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Aguiyi Ironsi promulgated Decree 34, for the Unification of the civil service only. The regional governments were still intact. Katsina, Ojukwu, Ejoor, and Fajuyi were still regional governors https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ng/1966/ng-government-gazette-supplement-dated-1966-05-24-no-51-part-a.pdf It was Yakubu Gowon that ended regionalism with Decree 14, creating 12 states https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ng/1967/ng-government-gazette-supplement-dated-1967-05-27-no-37-part-a.pdf https://www.ninasvoice.org/gowons-decree-14-not-ironsis-decree-34-fractured-the-nigerian-federation-into-12-states
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