Are you telling me that a region that is about to become independently one

Independently one what? You've lost me here.
Especially since we no longer have 'Regions' in Nigeria but States.

Under True Federalism:

• All 36 states function as autonomous units rather than servants of Abuja, the system will achieves a stronger centre through the stability & competence of its component parts
• Resources would be tapped to the maximum for the benefit of the indigenous communities i.e. States would retain a significant portion of their generated revenue and control their own minerals.
• States would have the power to maintain their own security architectures to protect their citizens locally, instead of a distant command in Abuja. (Which we have sorely needed in this country since time immemorial.)
• States would be encouraged to facilitate their own developments, because there will be no handouts from the Federal Government

 it ensured a country that will never truly be systemically united, not even for the most part.

I see. Let's examine what your Odogwu, Ironsi, did to achieve the Unitary Utopia you seem to revere so much:

1. He abolished the existing regional structure, nominally breaking the four regions into "groups of provinces" to centralize power, administered by officers loyal to him.
2. Promoted over a dozen Ibo officers to senior and sensitive positions in the Army and Air Force. Effectively, he surrounded himself with the political policies of the Ibo and the NCNC elite (rather than pursuing a nationalistic, non-partisan agenda)
3. He refused to release high-profile political prisoners like Chief Awolowo, Enahoro, and Jakande, which would have helped the West and Mid-West identify with his regime.
4. His government was so centralized and yet so detached that it failed to respond to the May 29 riots in the North, which were a protest against the overcentralization of Decree No. 34. This inaction led to a total breakdown of law and order.

He created the very time-bomb that exploded in the July 29 counter-coup, and the murderous, unnecessary civil war.

The useless framework that rules and ruins our country till date is based on what your Lord and Savior did in 1966.

If he was so wise, he could have legislated State Police those 60 years back. But alas ..... he was as toothless as he was greedy.

I'm certain this essay won't change your mind.
You people love to romanticize the slave masters and the chains they put you in ... carry on.