Katsina Assembly Approves Break up of Emirate Councils
Katsina State House of Assembly has given the go ahead to people in eleven local government areas in the southern part of the state, popularly called Karaduwa to seek for a new emirate and break away from Katsina emirate council.
The State House of Assembly gave the go ahead while making efforts to enact a law to support the transfer of seven local government areas under Katsina State to Daura emirate council.
The move to enact the law followed a unanimous adoption of a motion moved by the minority leader of the house, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim Mahuta, which was seconded by Haliru Atiku Bakori.
The proposed local government areas to be cut out of Katsina Emirate, include Kankia, Ingawa, Kusada, Bindawa, Mani, Mashi and Dutsi which are currently under Daura Senatorial zone.
The sponsor of the bill noted that the people of the affected seven local governments have similar culture and norms with the people of Daura hence the move to merge them with their brothers.
Announcing the resolution of the house, the Speaker, Alhaji Ya’u Umar Gwajo-Gwajo, noted that the request of the lawmaker could not materialize without a legal framework that would back the action of the House.
The move, according to the sponsor of the bill, would require the funds deducted from the seven local governments to be remitted into the coffers of Daura Local Government.
However, our correspondent gathered reliably that two more emirates councils would be carved out from Katsina Emirate which would include one in Dutsin-ma and another in Karaduwa zone.
The motion and subsequent resolution of the house to merge some seven local govts with the Daura Emirate was done with malice and is politically motivated. the sponsors of the motion wanted an emirate for the karaduwa zone and their people deserve one. But instead of requesting their wish, they went ahead to do something detrimental to the history and create enmity among the good people of Katsina state.To say that people of those seven local govts share culture and norms with the great Daurawas is inappropriate and falsehood. If not for the senatorial district, the people are entirely distinct in their accent, norms and values and most importantly, history. if you take Mani for instance, geographically are more proximal to Katsina and historically are inextricably blende to Katsina emirate. The history of katsina emirate can never be complete without Dikko dynasty and Dikko came from Giremawa in Bindawa local govt( formerly Mani L.G.) before he became Durbi, the Disrict Head of Mani. and i know that the heirs to the throne of majority of the Districts in those local govts were descendent of DIkko. On what basis then the law makers are claiming that merging those local govts to the Daura Emirate is reunion of long separated brothers? if the gigantic Emirate has to be decentralized, my opinion is that three more new emirates need to be carved from Katsina . One for those seven local govts, one for southern Katsina senatorial district plus some local govts from the norther axis of Funtua senatorial district and one for the Karaduwa. This, is closer to fairness than the proposed two new emirates as suggested by the law makers. the govt need to be careful in its actions or else the history of katsina of Katsina state would be sriously mutilated.
While let see what will happen, instead of the law makers to bring something do with peoples life nd devpment they want