The people of southern Kaduna have thrown their weight behind the clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria. They noted that the exercise, in which they canvassed a state of their own, would redress alleged political and economic marginalisation the area had suffered over the years.

They pointed out that based on the last census figures, southern Kaduna has a population of over 3 million out of the total population of the entire state of over 6 million, which they believed, qualifies them to have a state.

This was contained in a keynote address by the former Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning in the state, Timothy Gandu, under the administration of late governor Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa. However, speaking angrily, Kaduna State deputy governor, Bala Bantex, who is also from southern Kaduna, asked his kinsmen and women to perish the thought and calling themselves Middle Belters.

In his goodwill message, Bantex disclosed that it would have been easy for the zone to get its state in 1994 under military regime when he led a delegation to the Aso Villa. But, according to him, the traditional rulers and retired Generals from the area misused the opportunity when they insisted that Jaji village, along Zaria highway must be part of the new state, which the then Head of State, late General Sani Abacha denied.

The deputy governor accused his kinsmen of using the Southern Kaduna People’s Union’s (SOKAPU) platform to take over the functions and responsibilities of their elected leaders and representatives.

Gandu spoke on the theme: “The Future of Nigeria: Restructuring and Southern Kaduna”, at a town hall meeting organised by SOKAPU.

According to the former commissioner, some people or ethnic groups in the country did not have the population and landmass as that of southern Kaduna, but had states created for them.

He noted that an existing state in the country had 17 local government areas with less population, while the proposed southern Kaduna State could boast of 12 local governments and over 3 million people, wondering: “So who wants to tell me that Nigeria should not be restructured. Nigeria must be restructured because the political and economic imbalance across the country is alarming.”

He added: “The unity of Nigeria is negotiable because there is no justice and equity. We from southern Kaduna are not northerners, we are Middle Belters. And on restructuring we stand. “The Hausa and Fulani in southern Kaduna are our brothers, but if we quarrel and fight, they should not run to Niger Repubpic, Mali or Chad to import Fulani to attack us. If we are brothers, we must stay together and resolve our differences rather than to run away to bring strangers to attack us.” “We must restructure because there is no industry, educational institutions, road networks in southern Kaduna. Our people are not financially buoyant because we lack people in government to empower us.

The deputy governor who spoke as a SOKAPU member shortly after delivering Governor Nasir El-rufai’s message on the occasion, however, restated that his people should stop addressing themselves as Middle Belters. Bantex further warned his people to stop agitation for state creation based on, “It is we versus them”.

But the advice was greeted with much murmuring and side talks, as the participants insisted that they were Middle Belters.

http://sunnewsonline.com/southern-kaduna-people-back-restructuring-demand-own-state/

Oh oh

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Since they constitute half of the population of kaduna, they should have a state.

This FTC is dedicated to all November babies, all your dreams shall come true.

That is not the kinda restructuring we want. What we mean by restructuring in the southwest is allowing States become viable economic entities... Not depending on Abuja for stipends or nigerdelta oil.

If you are in support of them having their own state click like if not click share

Am against any state creation within nigeria
let them demand for true federalism,

olureignforever:
Oh oh

really! This is all the evil you could conjure with your FTC,..REALLY

'Terrorists'..

Soon, Brutal will send the army to put things in place

This is Nigeria, nobody has any right.o anything., unless the Islamic North agrees with it..

Expect Buratai and his boys soon

Only 2 states need to be created in Nigeria, Gurara and Anioma. The other political restructuring should be boundary adjustments and creation of regions which would be autonomous groups of states with most fiscal and infrastructure development powers devolved to them by the federal government

karfe:
Only 2 states need to be created in Nigeria, Gurara and Anioma. The other political restructuring should be boundary adjustments and creation of regions which would be autonomous groups of states with most fiscal and infrastructure development powers devolved to them by the federal government

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Gurara? from Niger state?

ipoblogic:
'Terrorists'..

Soon, Brutal will send the army to put things in place

This is Nigeria, nobody has any right.o anything., unless the Islamic North agrees with it..

must you fvckin idiots put religions to all issue? just say north,period.

This is long overdue
#TheirMumuDonDo

nNEOo:


really! This is all the evil you could conjure with your FTC,..REALLY

What do you expect me to say when it was just the topic I read.

dabeto:

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Gurara? from Niger state?

No, Kaduna State

Clownish country. Every tribe should just have their own state then and let's end up with over 255 states since we don't want to have sense like the rest of the world.

The urhobos are more populated than the aniomas so if anything the urhobos should be priority in state creation; but however , more states don't need to be created. The 36 states we have all look like villages,
we can't run them so how can we manage more states?

karfe:
Only 2 states need to be created in Nigeria, Gurara and Anioma. The other political restructuring should be boundary adjustments and creation of regions which would be autonomous groups of states with most fiscal and infrastructure development powers devolved to them by the federal government

If that's the case then the idomas are more qualified to have Apa state than any other people.
I wonder how 2 large tribes like idoma and tiv share same state

I agree completely with the deputy governor. As a minority your greatest undoing would be to view your problems as a "we versus them" issue. Kind of like like how IPOB means of actualizing Biafra would never work.

olureignforever:



What do you expect me to say when it was just the topic I read.

Go back an read this time ...no just the headline .....






But...

Too much of insecurity in Nigeria, every body is agitating cus they dont feel secured, buhari should change his step cus every one is crying of marginalazation, thou it was nt like this under the currupt leadership of pdp

abdelrahman:
must you fvckin idiots put religions to all issue? just say north,period.

Hahahahaha.

E dey pain you?

Take heart.

For your info, it is Islam that turned the North to become primitive and violent.

Amberon11:
The urhobos are more populated than the aniomas so if anything the urhobos should be priority in state creation; but however , more states don't need to be created. The 36 states we have all look like villages,
we can't run them so how can we manage more states?

The federating units should be regions, not states. Anioma and Gurara should be created to separate minority groups from more populous groups. After that, all states will decide which region they want to belong to and then the different regions can create as many more states as they would like. Then there can be an Urhobo State under a Niger Delta region

ipoblogic:


Hahahahaha.

E dey pain you?

Take heart.

For your info, it is Islam that turned the North to become primitive and violent.

didirin junkun are the most violent in north and most of them aren't muslim.

abdelrahman:
didirin junkun are the most violent in north and most of them aren't muslim.

Those of us from the South East know those who have been shedding g the blood of our people.

They are not jukuns.

ipoblogic:


Those of us from the South East know those who have been shedding g the blood of our people.

They are not jukuns.

and those people aren't representing islam though!

Good.

Muslims re possessive and violent

Well deserved, as like many other minority groups within each states of Nigeria.

Ijebu State
Oke Ogun State
Okun State
Ibadan State
Ngwa State
and others deserve a State too