A group known as Concerned Arewa Citizen on
Monday submitted a bill to the Kaduna House of
Assembly seeking a law for the registration of
southerners in Kaduna and other parts of Northern
Nigeria.
The Kano-based group, stormed the Kaduna
Assembly with the Bill and covering letter, jointly
signed by its President, Audu Bukarti, and
Secretary, Sanusi Sadiq.
It urged the Assembly to pass the bill as quickly
as possible.
“No southerner wishing to enter the boundary of
the north shall be permitted to do so unless such
is duly registered with the appropriate authority.
The group, which had earlier submitted a similar
bill to the Kano State Assembly, also wants
southerners either residing or willing to enter the
north to register within 10 days.
According to the group, the law, if passed, would
protect Kaduna and the North against terrorism,
armed robbery, baby factories, pipeline
vandalism , kidnappers and other activities
allegedly carried out by southerners.
The group pointed out that the north is suffering
from most of the evil vices because of the
haphazard entry and exit of southerners that have
infiltrated the north.
Part of the bill submitted to the Assembly reads:
“This law may be cited as the Kaduna State
Registration of Southerners and Allied Matters
Law 2014 and shall come into force on August
1st ,2014.
“No southerner wishing to enter the boundary of
the north shall be permitted to do so unless such
is duly registered with the appropriate authority.
“Every southerner desirous of entering the
northern boundaries for the purpose of residence
shall give security in such amount as the
appropriate authority may be prescribed and shall
supply such information as the authority may
reasonably require.”
The Speaker of the Kaduna Assembly, Shehu
Tahir , who received the letter and the proposed
bill, assured the group that the house would look
into the matter raised in the bill and do whatever
is necessary. /p2LdGt-H0e