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States created by General Ibrahim Babangida

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TERM: 1st Term

WEEK: 5

CLASS: Primary 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: States created by General Ibrahim Babangida 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

  1. Explain the meaning of state
  2. List the sets of states created, their year of creation and who created them
  3. Discuss the reasons why these states were created
  4. List the governors of these states

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: map of Nigeria showing the three regions, map of Nigeria showing the 12 states structure

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC

The teacher revises the previous lesson on the states creation by Gen Murtala Mohammed

Pupils  pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She then explains the meaning of state:

State is defined as a territory with its own government and borders within a larger country.

 

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further narrates how Gen Ibrahim Babangida created two new states in 1987 and 9 new states in 1991.

 

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a short note on the board for the pupils to copy

The pupils copy the note from the board

 

NOTE

State is defined as a territory with its own government and borders within a larger country.

 

STATES CREATION UNDER GEN IBRAHIM BABANGIDA-1987-1991

In 1987, two extra states were created by Gen Ibrahim Babangida: Akwa Ibom out of Cross Rivers state and Katsina from Kaduna state making it a total of 21 states.

On August  27 1991, he created another nine states making the total 30 states: Taraba from Gongola, Abia and Enugu from Anambra, Edo and Delta from Bendel state, Yobe from Borno state, Jigawa state from Kano state, Osun from Oyo state and Kogi state. Here are the list of the 30 states under his regime:

  1. Oyo
  2. Ondo
  3. Cross River
  4. Rivers
  5. Niger
  6. Sokoto
  7. Borno
  8. Kano
  9. Kaduna
  10. Edo
  11. Delta
  12. Ogun
  13. Lagos
  14. Kwara
  15. Gongola
  16. Bauchi
  17. Imo
  18. Anambra
  19. Plateau
  20. Benue
  21. Delta
  22. Abia
  23. Kogi
  24. Jigawa
  25. Taraba
  26. Osun
  27. Yobe
  28. Enugu
  29. Adamawa
  30. Kebbi

 

EVALUATION:  1. Explain the meaning of state

  1. Write short notes on the creation of 2 new states by Ibrahim Babangida
  2. Write short notes on the creation of 9 extra states by Ibrahim Babangida
  3. Write the 30 states that were in existence during Ibrahim Babangida’s rule

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively



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