SLAVES IN THEIR FATHER’S LAND
“Age they say isn’t important in judging how wise and intelligent an individual becomes which is why at my young age, I have decided to tell the whole world the ordeal of my people(indigenous people of Southern Kaduna) I have witnessed in the past 20 years.
Southern Kaduna is a senatorial district in Kaduna State which comprises of 13 local government areas and and has an estimated population of more than 3 million people according to 2006 Census which was conducted under the leadership of former President Olusegun Obansajo and the then state Governor in person of Ahmed Makarfi. The indigenous people of southern Kaduna are mostly farmers producing food and cash crops and 95% of the population are Christians.
Kaduna state in General has had 20 governors since 1967 but 2 of the governors ruled as the head of North Central states while 18 governors ruled as the head of Kaduna state and it is not a hidden fact that only 1 of those governors came from the southern part of Kaduna state in person of Late Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa. Did I mentioned late? yes! he died in a plane crash in December 2012 not even up to 2 years he resumed office. I am not trying to be bias or sentimental but the truth is how can 20 Governors rule a state then 1 only is from Southern Kaduna? Aren’t there capable men that can rule Kaduna state in Southern Kaduna?
Now, let me talk about development in Kaduna state, even a blind man can see that Kaduna Central and Kaduna north has developed more than southern Kaduna. Southern Kaduna is underdeveloped. I can state so many examples like how tarred roads are seen in almost all the streets in the central and northern part of the state but most places in the southern part of the state still have some major roads that are bad. I still wonder why Southern Kaduna can only boast of having a college of education, a branch of Kaduna state university and a nursing school while the northern and central parts of Kaduna has the major schools. Indigenous people of southern Kaduna finds it difficult to secure scholarships to study abroad and do not get most of the federal appointments and privileges but as a matter of fact the population of the state is estimated to be 50/50 when divided between the three senatorial zones.
I still don’t understand why most of the popular politicians in Southern Kaduna are having a short life span, why do they have to die?
Why isn’t someone taking action that will end the killings in Southern Kaduna?
My ancestral land is in a state of turmoil, Fulani people are killing my people, burning our houses and destroying our farm lands but the state Governor is only having media chats without doing what he’s saying. We need peace in our father’s land and if we can’t be given peace then they should let us go. We have the population to have our own state, we can govern ourselves peacefully and the world shouldn’t forget that their are more than 15 tribes in Southern Kaduna but we are still able to live in peace and unity.
The indigenous people of southern Kaduna are peace loving people, we only agitate for our rights.
Having a governor from southern Kaduna is our right.
Having schools and hospitals is our right.
Having good infrastructures is our right.
Having adequate security of lives and properties is our right.
Having scholarships and federal appointments is our right.
Agitating for our own state is our right”.
Written by Weynom Abel
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