<P> During this period, there were 4 regions . </P> <P> During this period, there were 3 regions . </P> <P> As sovereign entities, States of Nigeria have the right to organize / structure their individual governments in any way within the parameters set by the Constitution of Nigeria . </P> <P> At the State level the legislature is unicameral with the number of its members equal to three times the amount of legislatures it has in the Federal House of Representatives, it has the power to legislate on matters on the concurrent list . </P>

Nigeria became 36 states under the regime of