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States created by General Sani Abacha

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TERM: 1st Term

WEEK: 6

CLASS: Primary 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: States created by General Sani Abacha 

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 Ibrahim Babangida

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 Sani Abacha 6 new states in 1996

 

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 SANI ABACHA-1996

In 1996, he created 6 new states; Ebonyi was carved out of Abia and Enugu, Bayelsa from Rivers, Nassarawa from Plateau, Zamfara from Sokoto, Gombe from Bauchi, and Ekiti from Ondo state.

Here are the list of the 36 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
  31. Ebonyi
  32. Nassarawa
  33. Zamfara
  34. Gombe
  35. Ekiti
  36. Bayelsa

 

EVALUATION:  1. Explain the meaning of state

  1. Write short notes on the creation of 6 new states by Sani Abacha
  2. Write the 36 states that were in existence during Sani Abacha’s rule

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively



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