The fact that repeated and several attempts and efforts by Nsukka people and their allies to create Adada State failed does not mean that its creation is not possible again. It is. This is considering that no new state has been created in Nigeria since 1996, before the military handed over power to democratically elected government in 1999.
As people of Nsukka work, pray, and await the creation of Adada State, it is interesting and good that the immediate past Governor of Enugu State, a visionary leader and true son of Nsukka, has provided in earnest some critical infrastructure and edifices in Nsukka in anticipation and readiness for it to assume the enviable status of the capital of Adada State.
These infrastructure include the dualised and illuminated Opi-Nsukka carriage way, which is the gateway to the town and has provided unprecedented facelift to the once sleepy and rusty town. Also reconstructed and constructed are networks of roads adorned with streetlights. At the Ede Oballa axis are completed state secretariat annex and international conference. A 5000-capacity international stadium is on the ground.
The State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Igbo Eno, which is the second university in Enugu North Senatorial zone more than four decades after the establishment of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), is already completed and in session for the second year.
The Federal Polytechnic Ohodo, attracted to the zone by the immediate past administration, has commenced academic programmes. All these critical infrastructure, institutions, and development brought to the zone in the last eight years plus have improved the standard of living, brought about the influx of people and investments, added substantial value to assets, human beings, and investments in Nsukka.
Nightlife and the hospitality industry have improved significantly with the massive construction of hotels and nightclubs in Nsukka. As it is today, Nsukka is overdeveloped, prepared, and qualified to serve as the capital of the proposed Adada State. History will be kind to the visionary leader who saw tomorrow and provided the befitting and critical infrastructure in Nsukka that have changed the status and outlook of the town.
