agulion:
you why Yorubas are very dangerous and wicked people.just look out what the are saying in these thread

Yorubas are slaves na.

HarunaWest:

Don't say that..Was Patrick Yakowa electe Kaduna Governor, did heaven fall. Stop allowing them to use these poor and wretched thugs called almajari to cause chaos. It's all politics. If you come over to Abuja or even NAF club in KD and see what your so called Muslim elites do, you will weep. They are the baddest of the baddest, but when politics comes, they remember Dan Arewa

Yakowa was a father to all. Elrufai is too divisive

agulion:
It is very obvious , El_rufai is a very dangerous man, unfortunately his family members and the so called Muslim truth Sayers will never say anything or see anything

bro, as its is now, El rufai is the most hated man among the Muslims, many of my Muslims friends talk bad of him. The man has demolished there business completely.

I will not waste my time to argue, only a clown looking for cheap popularity will talk about religion looking at what Elrufai is doing in Kaduna State.

The youths have failed, if the poster was referring to Gov. Bello of Kogi State who is doing terrible and represent the youths in politics today, i won't be bothered, I don't care what religion becomes President, Vice President and so on, let the best hands do the job.

In Kaduna many positions are held by Christians, the former Deputy Governor (Bantex) is a Christian from Kd south, the APC chairman in Kd is a Christian, the Gov. Spokeperson(Samuel Aruwa) is a Christian from Kd south and the list is endless, i live in Kaduna and i cannot allow some jobless hustler mislead the public.

He typed his email address so that he can be contacted and maybe they can give him small money for data, Lol.

MichaelDuf:


Fool. Who mentions IPOB? I do not support IPOB.

You idiot.

Fools like you do not learn from history.

Go ask your governors in the east to fix your erosion destroyed region.

Lol. Make I go ask my Governors? You no be from south east?

I usually respect @op but this his thought or article weaken me, this is too bad.
Playing a religious card against the wheel of progress, competency, efficiency and good performance.
He never talk of those in the helm's of affairs in Kaduna State of not performing or Corrupt but instead he was only concern of their religion identity.
He also talked about leadership at Legislative arm, at Kaduna State House of Assembly been all of the same faith. Was that too an appointment made by the Governor? Where were the Christian population when they were voting in the house?
@Op, I am seriously disappointed in you with what is happening in your own state Rivers State, you can devote this time uselessly. Habah Tonye.........
How many Muslims were appointed into Rivers state Government leadership position? Abi no Muslims indigine in Rivers state?

TonyeBarcanista:
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Another slow reasoning! You claimed that the Governor is a "religious bigot" but still find a way to attack the author that brought to fore a societal ill perpetrated by the Governor. Does that make sense to you?

As for Wike, lol... I am still finding where I said Wike is better that made you to even bring up his name...

You, in particular, sat quietly and comfortably when GEJ that you loved, followed and supported unconditionally staffed nearly his entire administration with Christians from the SE and even boasted openly that Christian SE was his pillar of support at the expense of other religious faiths, ethnic and tribal groups in Nigeria.

See, hypocrites and self-serving losers like you are religious and divisive bigots because you lack better ideas and societal temperament and your only currency for societal interaction and relevance is religious bigotry and divisive rhetorics.

Give it up already, religious antics, religious division and hateful sentiments don't work, you can do better by highlighting the positive and binding things we have in common as Nigerians.

It's really sad and disheartening that the so-called unfortunate leaders of tomorrow already borrowed the divisive and bigoted playbook from the failed old and divisive old relics.

Very sad.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS A NEED MAKING NOISE ON THIS. WHEN THEY - FATHERS, MOTHERS AND UNCLES- WERE BUSY
1. KILLING IBOS THEIR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN. WHEN TY DANJUMA, GOWON ETC WERE HELL BOUND TO DESTROY FELLOW CHRISTIAN. CAN SUCH BE TRUSTED? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN OR HEARD WHERE A MOSLEM WILL SUPPORT A CHRISTIAN IN KILLING THEIR FELLOW MOSLEM. AS A CHRISTIAN TOUCH MOSLEM SHITES AND SEE THE REACTION OF SUNNIE MOSLEM.
2. THIS IS THE BEGINNING. WHY ARE THEY ATTACKED IN PLATEAU, ADAMAWA, TARABA, BENUE ETC. IT IS TO EXTERMINATE THEM. PERSONALLY I DON'T PITY ANY CHRISTIAN NORTH. THEY ARE VERY WICKED LIKE ME.

HarunaWest:
See the problem with Nigeria. They so called people appointed, aren't they from Kaduna? Does religion of the person really matter?
The important thing is that they carry out their function properly. If they err, they should be sacked and replaced but that law doesn't hold forte in Nigeria. As far as am aware, there is calm in Kaduna politics today, they aren't complaining so I don't understand why Tonye is crying over spilt milk. I was in Kaduna recently and Elrufai is working whether you like it or not you can't hate the man. If the trusted people carrying out this developments are Muslims, so be it.

Development in Kaduna state?? Are you mad! I'm also in Kaduna and nothing is happening, fucking pro-oppressionist! Lying for your paymaster

HarunaWest:
See the problem with Nigeria. They so called people appointed, aren't they from Kaduna? Does religion of the person really matter?
The important thing is that they carry out their function properly. If they err, they should be sacked and replaced but that law doesn't hold forte in Nigeria. As far as am aware, there is calm in Kaduna politics today, they aren't complaining so I don't understand why Tonye is crying over spilt milk. I was in Kaduna recently and Elrufai is working whether you like it or not you can't hate the man. If the trusted people carrying out this developments are Muslims, so be it.

Yes, religion doesn't matter now. It would not matter when Christians are being oppressed. Even at that, what has changed in the Muslim areas? Note that God is the judge of all.

The developed part of kano used to be inhabited by hausa christians, but where are they today? Niger almanjiris claiming Kano indigene are the ones littering the place. Every hausa man is from kano...if u decide to look into Elrufai roots, he might just be another almanjiri that found himself in kaduna, very soon they'll tell us plateau, benue, taraba and Borno are Islamic states or don't u know the killings and riotings there are for a reason and its being sponsored just like Kaduna riot of 1993, and the real indigenes will be looking like locuzade, I just tire for Hausa Christians matter walahi.

Imagine the chibok christian girls kidnap, how many of their fathers or mother's came out to protest, it was oby Ezekwesili, an easterner that was protesting on their behalf, imagine ...abeg forget those ones

2by40ft:
If elections are to be conducted 100 times in Kaduna, Muslims will all win but this should not justify the marginalisation of minority in the state or anywhere.
But tonye, what is happening in their neighboring states inspired whats happening in kd

southern kaduna people(like Igbos in Nigeria) are the architect of their problem. You can't show me open enmity and expect me to embrace you. Southern kaduna are never with APC and el rufai is APC. If they feel marginalized, politics is a game of number. They can bring in their candidate and contest for the seat rather than playing the victim card ( like the Igbos are doing).

TonyeBarcanista:

Haruna, from your name I could tell your faith. The problem is not your faith, the problem is YOU!

In public service there is need to carry everyone along and make them feel part and parcel of administration irrespective of faith or ethnicity.

Why are some of you like this? How would you feel if your father call his kids for meeting and left you behind?

Nonsense...no substance as usual.

MURIC, kindly defend El Rufai against this man. Thanks.

[quote author=TonyeBarcanista post=89462211]THE BRAZEN ACT OF MARGINALISATION OF CHRISTIANS IN KADUNA STATE BY GOVERNOR ELRUFAI

By Tamunotonye Inioribo @TonyeBarcanista

Kaduna state, a beautiful state located in the heart of the northwest, is popularly referred to as a miniature Nigeria. This is because the state has a sharp religious demographical spread of Islam and Christianity adherents between the northern and southern zones of the respectively similar to what is obtained in Nigeria.

Muslim-Christian Demography
Kaduna has 23 local government areas spread across the northern senatorial zone, central senatorial zone and southern senatorial zone. Twelve of these 23 local government areas are predominantly Muslims while eleven are predominantly Christians. The state is also constitutionally divided into three senatorial zones, namely; northern, central and southern zones.

The northern senatorial zone, also called zone 1, consists of eight local government areas namely; Ikara, Kudan, Kubau, Lere, Makarfi , Sabon-Gari, Soba and Zaria local government areas. Of the eight local government areas in this zone, only Lere local government area is predominantly Christian, while the other seven are predominantly Muslims.

The central senatorial district, also called zone 2, is made up of seven local government areas namely; Birnin-Gwari, Chikun, Giwa, Igabi, Kaduna north, Kaduna south and Kajuru local government areas. All of these seven local government areas are predominantly Muslims except Chikun and Kajuru local government areas that are predominantly Christians.

The southern senatorial zone, also called zone 3, is made up of eight local government areas. They are; Jaba, Jama'a, Kachia, Kagarko, Kaura, Kauru, Sanga and Zango-Kataf local government areas. All these eight local government areas in this zone are predominantly Christian.

The official population of Kaduna state was put at 6,113,503 with spread as follows;
Northern Zone (Zone 1)
Ikara LGA -194,723
Kubau LGA - 280,704
Kudan LGA - 138,956
Lere LGA - 339,740
Makarfi LGA - 146,574
Sabon-Gari LGA - 291,358
Soba LGA - 291,173
Zaria LGA - 406,990
Total: 2,090,218
Central Zone (Zone two)
Birnin-Gwari LGA 258,581
Chikun LGA - 372,272
Giwa LGA - 292,384
Igabi LGA - 430,753
Kaduna North LGA - 364,575
Kaduna South LGA - 402,731)
Kajuru LGA - 109,810
Total: 2,231,106
Southern Zone (Zone three)
Jaba LGA - 155,973
Jama’a LGA - 278,202
Kachia LGA - 252,568
Kagarko LGA - 239,058
Kaura LGA - 174,626
Kauru LGA - 221,276
Sanga LGA - 151,485
Zangon-Kataf LGA - 318,991
Total: 1,792,179

From official population as seen above, the Muslim predominant north has 2,090,218, the central zone has 2,231,106 population and the Christian predominant south zone has 1,792,179 population, but there is no official fact to ascertain the true population of Christians and Muslims in the state. Nonetheless, the state governor, mallam Nasir Elrufai, a Muslim from the northern senatorial district, argued that the religious demography in the state is 70-30 in favor of the Muslims. The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), the umbrella body of the predominately Christian southern Kaduna people, put the religious demography at 50-50. While neutral observers posited that the religious demography in Kaduna state should be between an evenly 50-50 spread, or a 55-45 spread favor of the Muslims.

Political Marginalization Under Governor Nasir Elrufai
Despite the predominance of the Christian population in eleven out of the twenty three local government areas, the Kaduna state government under Governor Nasir Elrufai, a Muslim, chose to perpetuate a brazen act of marginalisation by excluding the state's Christian population from participating in the affairs of the government since the commencement of his second term. For the first time in the history of Kaduna state, no Christian is found in any of the principal positions across the three arms of government and the civil service.

Governor Nasir Elrufai started the marginalisation in 2018 when he broke the traditional Muslim-Christian ticket or Christian-Muslim ticket in any gubernatorial contests to nominate Hajiyya Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, a fellow Muslim as his running mate for the 2019 gubernatorial election after his former deputy, Arc Bala Bantex, a Christian, opted to run for the Senate to represent the people of Kaduna south senatorial district under the platform of All Progressive Congress.

After his victory at the hotly contested Kaduna state 2019 gubernatorial election against Honourable Ashiru Kudan of Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Elrufai shut out Christians in the state from the running of government. This he did by ensuring that only Muslims are appointed as senior principal officers in the government. This is aside the fact that himself and the deputy governor are Muslims.

The principal government officers are;
Secretary to the State Government - Mallam Balarabe Abbas Lawal
Chief of Staff to the Governor - Muhammad Sani Abdullah
Kaduna state Head of Service - Hajiyya Bariatu Yusuf Mohammed
Principal Private Secretary - Dr. Salisu Suleiman.

No Christian Among The Entire Presiding And Principal Officers In Kaduna House of Assembly
The marginalisation continues in the legislative arm of government with no single Christian as a member of any of the presiding and principal offices . The Speaker of the House, Honourable Yusuf Tanimu Zailani, the Deputy Speaker Honourable Muktar Isa Hazo, the Majority Leader Alhaji Haruna M A Inuwa, the Chief Whip, Alhaji Idris Abdullahi, the Deputy Majority Leader Alhaji Shehu Yunusa and Deputy Chief Whip Alhaji Salisu Isah, are all Muslims. Meanwhile, the clerk of the Kaduna state House of Assembly, Bello Zubairu is also a Muslim.
Also The Judiciary...
The head of Kaduna state judicial arm of government and Chief Judge of the state, Justice Muhammad Lawal Bello, is also a Muslim.
As if that is not enough, the only two ministers from Kaduna state in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, and Muhammad Mahmoud, the minister of environment were chosen from the Muslim population.

The development in Kaduna state is indeed a bad omen. It is bad that a state with significant Christian population that are predominant in eleven out of the state's twenty three local government areas, has no senior principal government official across all the three arms of government of the state. What is more disturbing is that Governor Nasir Elrufai, the perpetrator of this brazen act of religious marginalization in Kaduna state, is aspiring to run as presidential candidate at the Nigeria's Presidential election at the termination of his second term in 202
Is it hard to do small googling to know the approximate population of Kaduna state in 2020 rather than using 2006 prediction.
This portrays the lies in your write up against the governor.
Mr Tonye if the population of Christians in Kaduna is up to 40% APC would have lost the last elections just by fielding Muslim Muslim ticket plus the campaign in the churches across Kaduna.
Asked Kaduna people free of sentiments if el Rufai is trying or not.

toltee4real:
I usually respect @op but this his thought or article weaken me, this is too bad.
Playing a religious card against the wheel of progress, competency, efficiency and good performance.
He never talk of those in the helm's of affairs in Kaduna State of not performing or Corrupt but instead he was only concern of their religion identity.
He also talked about leadership at Legislative arm, at Kaduna State House of Assembly been all of the same faith. Was that too an appointment made by the Governor? Where were the Christian population when they were voting in the house?
@Op, I am seriously disappointed in you with what is happening in your own state Rivers State, you can devote this time uselessly. Habah Tonye.........
How many Muslims were appointed into Rivers state Government leadership position? Abi no Muslims indigine in Rivers state?

Rivers State is a very poor example, how many percentage of Rivers indigenous people are Muslims? Can you name just one village not local government where Muslims make up to 2% of the population?

Genoa:
This is why I love my people, what ever is happening in other zones is none of our business.


Why is a failed political analyst from Rivers State more concerned with what's happening in Kaduna state?

If its none of your business then, why did you visit this thread?

all Muslims r jihadist

being a muslim or Christain doesn`t mean anything, the aim is for work to be done effectively if you like be a free-thinker, when it comes to work we need a competent

You are all hailing Wike for declaring RIVERS a Christian state..... Why can't Christians in the state vote for a Candidate who is from their religion if they feel they have the population to emerge d winner... Or are they not voting A Northern PDP MUSLIM aswell in 2019 bcoz of their hatred for El Rufai..... You dislike him and he don't give a Bleep about you as well

Some natural idiots will still vote Buhari/ El Rufai after seeing enough indication.

SLAP44:
Tonye, you are fighting a losing battle complaining about what the governor is doing in his state. Allow northerners to cry about that or remain silent if it suits them.

You should be more concerned about the serious marginalization of your own south south from the central government under Buharri. You should be concerned about the Ogoni clean up failure and the militarization of the south south on the excuse of fighting militancy and cultists while allowing the bandits up north determine their operating terms and conditions forcefully.

First remove the log in your own eyes before trying to remove the speck in the eyes of Kaduna people.

Stop using Buhari brain. This El Rufai signs is real. And no meaningful person Muslims or Christians should support marginalization of any kind if you truly worship a good God/Allah.

Pray never to have a Yoruba Muslim as your friend, this people are worst than Boko Haram

Hell Rufai.I hail ohhhhhh. Kwantinue the day of reckoning is at hand. Nkok buhari tribalistic and nepotism de learn where this mongo park is.the worst mistake will be letting this lucid power drunkard man come anywhere near aso rock

Genoa:
This is why I love my people, what ever is happening in other zones is none of our business.


Why is a failed political analyst from Rivers State more concerned with what's happening in Kaduna state?

because they are christians,why did iran warn bubu about elzakzaky,no wonder christians in kaduna said they wll join biafra.

sanesta:
In as must as I'm not really in support with the way the Christians in Kaduna are being marginalize, I must also tell you that the Christians in Kaduna are the cause of their problem.

For the past years, Kaduna state has experienced so many religious crisis and the Muslims has being leading in politics since the beginning of time.

Now, in 2010, they were opportune
to have a Christian governor for the first time since 1999 and what happened?
the clown died like a lab rat and Muktar Yero a Muslim became the governor.

I'm sorry to tell you that the Christians in Kaduna are very backward in politics and since they don't posses that political enthusiasm then who the cap fits should wear it.

If only you lived in kaduna you would not be saying these

sanesta:
I agree with you to an extent. nevertheless, what is good for the goose should also be good for the gander.

After these, I hope you open another thread for the marginalization of Islam in Plateau state too cos the last time I checked no Muslim has never being governor of Plateau state since 1999.

pls what's the ratio of Muslims to Christians

Southwest2023:
Tonyebarcanista. You are from southern Nigeria ijaw precisely. What's your problem with Kaduna.

Does it Christian's in the state complain to you. If truly Christian and Muslim are equal in number why Christian not sponsor their people to climb the seat of power in the state.

Keep quite man all of them voted for the man so he must appoint people from everywhere

Anyway that's Nigeria politics for you dirty game maybe the masses didn't support him but he is still the governor through dirty way

Jakemedg:
If only you lived in kaduna you would not be saying these

I don't understand.

SLAP44:


Because you have nothing to defend your misguided position of fighting for the North while your south south burns!

Your actions are inescuseable.

Sharrap which forest are you from in the North

So North and South which one is burning right now

We are in a Democracy, be it Muslim or Christian, the majority anywhere will always have their way, and the minority will have their say, Kaduna Southerners re like Ibos who play politics of emotions, bigotry & bitterness.

If you are a minority join hands with the majority so you can have a say, this post is the MOST USELESS post of the month, even the poster is confused and have no knowledge of what he posted.

I hate to see young people with a very limited and myopic mind like the poster, very archaic mentality looking for recognition.

2by40ft:
If elections are to be conducted 100 times in Kaduna, Muslims will all win but this should not justify the marginalisation of minority in the state or anywhere.
But tonye, what is happening in their neighboring states inspired whats happening in kd

Muslims will win because they continue to rig and Southern Kaduna are not united on their own.And the Christian electorate have a non chalant attitude.