In a development that caught many unawares, the Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, have agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states.

Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House on Wednesday who has been engaged in infamous inter-ethnic and religious clashes for decades, said creating new states from the present Kaduna State will go a long way at solving the bloody violence that seemed to defy solution.

The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Hon. Jonathan Asake, who defended the memo of Southern Kaduna people said: “The wish of Southern Kaduna is to have a brand new constitution, not an amended one,” he said.

“But in the absence of that, we are here to make our inputs as a people who have suffered suppression and oppression for a long time,” he said.

“Southern Kaduna is made up of 67 ethnic nationalities spread in 13 of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna state. It has a landmass of 26,000kmsq with an estimated population of 5.1 million. We are endowed with an educated population and with abundant natural resources,” he said.

“Our land size is greater than that of Kano state which has a landmass of 20,000kmsq. Yet Kano is a state of its own with 44 LGAs. Our population is greater than 21 other states of the federation,” he went on. “We are demanding for the amendment of the provision of section 8 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which makes it almost an impossible task for the creation of a new state,” he insisted.

“We have been demanding for a state of our own for over thirty years and Gurara state was among the 18 states proposed in the 2014 Confab report,” he said.

“We are demanding for the creation of the Gurara state after the amendment. This will help in solving the incessant conflicts between our people and the other divide,” he said.

SOKAPU also asked for the removal of the Land Use Act from the Constitution and its amendment as a law, so that communities and families can have larger control of the ancestral lands.

“We stand by all the 2014 confab report which had captured most of our demands.

In the same vein, the Northern part of Kaduna State, under the aegis of Kaduna Development Elders Initiatives submitted a memo signed by the Senators Representing Kaduna North Senatorial Zone, Sen. Sulieman Abdu Kwari; the Senator Representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Senator Uba Sani; all the House of Reps members from the Northern Part of Kaduna; all members of Kaduna state house of Assembly from the northern part of Kaduna their Chairmen of LGAs and Councillors.

Defending the memo of the group, Abdulkadir Ahmed said, “we are canvassing for the creation of New Kaduna state from the present Kaduna state and we want the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria amended to make this possible.”

“Kaduna South has been complaining of marginalisation ever since, even though Chiefdoms have been given to them and they occupy 60% of the workforce of Kaduna state,” he added.

“Let the state be split and if they are asking for Gurara state, let them have it,” he said.

“This will solve all the crises we have been having in this state,” he added.

“On our part, we are asking for the creation of ‘New Kaduna State’, which will include Kaduna North and Kaduna Central Senatorial zones,” he said.

“But there should be a referendum for each section of the state to decide on where it wants to belong,” he added.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, who declared the meeting open, also asked for true Federalism, State Police and Financial Autonomy to Local Government Councils.

The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaiya from Kano State, in his opening remarks assured all that each of the memos will be well looked into and submitted to the National Assembly for further actions.

Many groups and individuals also submitted memos as the sitting continues till Friday.

Angbakpa:
Gurara state loading

TooMuchStuff:
E go choke....las las...!

Who will take kakuri down to NNPC area that indigenous to Christians?? What would happen to Lere and Saminaka zone?

Pierocash:
Nobody can coexist with this monsters called Muslims.

Anywhere they are,they cause so much trouble and crisis to the point of war.

This guys are cursed.

Islam is a curse to mankind

Angbakpa:

[s]This is an epitome of hate speech modify your comment.
It is obvious that you have this hatred for Muslims.[/s]

Tajbol4splend:
Intolerance, just like the Igbos too, and a lot of SS states, we Yorubas don't deserve to be in the same country with these people, Nigeria should just break

joyandfaith:

That's why I always say Awolowo lacked foresight.

Pierocash:
Nobody can coexist with this monsters called Muslims.

Anywhere they are,they cause so much trouble and crisis to the point of war.

This guys are cursed.

Islam is a curse to mankind

Tajbol4splend:



What do you know about foresight, I shouldn't even reply you, you don't deserve it

chrismastre5:
Fulani will never allow that, they are just biding their time in other to catch southern kaduna unaware thinking that their woes are over. if they split Fulani no longer dominate as uthman Dan fodio commanded them to take every inch of Nigeria, the only way southern kaduna can be free is by force so they should just stop deceiving themselves that Fulani can ever honour any agreement. they are simply using Taqiyya.

Tajbol4splend:



[s]The monsters in SE called IPOB and ESN killing Police are Muslims abi, go get sense, even if na small[/s]

joyandfaith:

You lack understanding.
If he had foresight, Yoruba nation would have in existence even before1960.

Pierocash:
UGM don't kill civilians,infact go and watch the video and see how people relate and interact with them .

UGM are only doing their evangelism on terrorists both those in uniform,and those using cows to destroy farms

TooMuchStuff:
E go choke....las las...!

Who will take kakuri down to NNPC area that indigenous to Christians?? What would happen to Lere and Saminaka zone?

Ukpaka:
Southern and Northern Kaduna Agree for Split of Kaduna State
https://247ureports.com/2021/05/southern-and-northern-kaduna-agree-for-split-of-kaduna-state/
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In a development that caught many unawares, the predominantly Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, yesterday agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states.

Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House, Kawo, Kaduna, both sides, infamous for incessant inter ethnic and religious clashes for decades, said creating new states from the present Kaduna State will go a long way at solving the bloody violence that seemed to defy solution.

gwafaeziokwu:


Akirika!

Many groups in Nigeria badly needs to use the restroom. You can't endure diarrhoea for long, something must give.


Hahahahahahah