Nigeria: Hausa Community Calls for More States in South-East
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Leadership (Abuja)
3 October 2008
Posted to the web 3 October 2008
Oliver Ndife
The leader of the Hausa community in Abia State, Alhaji Yaro Danladi, has appealed for the creation of additional state in the South-East geo-political zone.
In an interview with leadership in Umuahia after the Eid-el-Fitri prayer at Amuzukwu Primary School, Umuahia, Yaro said an additional state in the zone would benefit the Hausas and other Nigerians who reside in the area.
He called on the Federal Government to rehabilitate the dilapidated roads in the zone, maintaining that poor state of roads affects all Nigerians who ply them for their businesses.
The traditional ruler stressed the need for Nigerians to continually promote peace and unity among the ethnic groups as well as tolerate each other's religion.
He expressed the gratitude of the Hausa community in the state to the government for considering their welfare in its policies and programmes to support the administration.
In a related development, the member, representing Aba central constituency in the state House of Assembly, Chief Uzor Azubuike, has advocated for the creation of Aba State for balance in the number of states in the six geo-political areas as well as the establishment of a local government system in the Constitution to enable it stand on its own.
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Azubuike, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, said the National Assembly can not go about the amendment of the constitution alone and stressed the need for it.
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The comment associated with Alhaji Yaro Danlandi has finally brought it home. It is no longer like a hunter shooting in the dark hoping to hit a target. A snake seen by one person is usually described in terms of a python but right now a second neutral onlooker has equally seen the same snake and arrived at the same conclusion that it was really a python.
What amazes anyone living in the US is the seamless semblance of its states as you transition from state to state, it hard to know when you have left one state. Alhaji Danlandi… [Read Full Text]
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ON THE DEMAND FOR ONE MORE STATE IN THE SE ZONE,THE PEOPLE OF THE ZONE HAVE SOME HOME WORK TO DO:(1) THE GOVERNORS OF THE EXISTING 5 STATES HAVE TO GET TOGETHER,DEMACATE THE NEW STATE,SELECT A NAME FOR THE STATE (3)SIT DOWN ON THE DRAWING TABLE,AND DEMACATE THE NUMBER OF LGAs IN THE NEW STATE,AND THE SENATORIAL ZONES.(4) THEY HAVE TO TAKE INVENTORY OFINFRASTRUCTURES IN THE PROPOSED NEW STATE TO DETERMINE ANY POSSIBLE ADDITIONS WHEN THE STATE IS SEPARATED FROM ITS EXISTING AFFLIATION.WHEN ALL THESE ARE DONE,THEN THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE TO TABLE A BILL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,FOLLOWING THE… [Read Full Text]