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Constitution Review :Burra Community Requests Creation Of Burra Local Government

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Presenting the memo

 

Burra Community in Ningi Local Government of Bauchi State has presented a memorandum to the Nigeria’s Senate requesting the creation of Burra Local Government Area out of the present Ningi Local Government Area.

Presenting the memo on behalf of the Community during the Northeast Zonal Public Hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Bauchi, today, member representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdullahi Sa’ad Abdulkadir (Baba Iyali) said that the community had consistently been
presenting the request to various governments since 1981.

He explained that the request for the creation of Burra Local Government Area is born out of the genuine belief that it is the creation of the Local
Government that would bring about the rapid economic and social
transformation of the area because if the District is curved into a Local
Government Area, the rich and abundant resources in the area will be more
efficiently tapped and utilized for the benefit of the people of the area in
particular and Bauchi State and Nigeria in general.

“The proposed Burra Local Government Area, is to be made up of the present Burra District which consists of five Village Head Areas; Burra, Kurmi, Sama, Kyata and Bashe. Under these village
head areas there are more than two hundred and fifty (250) villages and
hamlets.

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“The district is one of the oldest with a long history dating back
to the 18th Century. In fact it was only with the establishment of colonial
rule that the independent district was merged in 1902 with two other
districts, Ningi and Warji, to constitute the then Ningi Native Authority
which waslater re-named Ningi Local Government Area, under the 1976
Local Government Reform.

“This is the only oldest district as way back as 1902 that is the farthest
from the local government headquarters, with a distance of over 100
km away and borders 6 Local Government Areas; Takai, Sumaila,
Tudun Wada, Ningi, Doguwa and Toro and 2 states Kano and
Jigawa. This comes along with serious security and administrative
consequences and general development of the people.

“With a land mass of 2,348 square kilometres the proposed Local Government has adequate land
to take care of all of its developmental needs like population growth,
expansion of both arable and animal farming and the increase and
expansion of other economic activities.” He further explained.

Hon. Abdullahi Sa’ad also disclosed that the population of the proposed Burra Local Government Area was 220,000 based on the 2006 census figures, which gives a total of 324,750 people based on 3.4% growth rate projections
as at 2020 and the area is well known in Bauchi State for its vast rich and fertile agricultural land wilith abundant rainfall, good weather and, above all hard working and enterprising people who are very famous in the production of various agricultural produce such as
guinea corn, maize, millet beans, wheat, rice, cassava, yams, soya beans,
cotton, groundnuts, pepper and livestock production.

According to Hon. Baba Iyali, the area is also blessed with deposits of various minerals such as tin ore, gypsum,columbite, tantalite, wolfram or tungsten and various germ stones and Lame-Burra Game Reserve which is second to Yankari Game Reserve is significantly located in Burra District, which when fully developed as centre of tourist attraction would greatly improve the commercial and revenue base of the proposed Local Government Area.

In term of manpower requirement, he said that the area is blessed with many sons and daughters who are capable and experienced civil servants of various cadres working at different levels
of civil service across the country and any one of them whose services are
needed will be willing to come and help develop the new Local
Government.

The Member therefore appealed to the Senate Committee to consider and approve the request so that people of Burra who have for long been locked out from the centre of governance because of inaccessibility of their area, could really feel the impact of the government.

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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