Get Guardian on GoogleThe Gung Zaar of the newly created Zaar Chiefdom, His Royal Majesty, Gen. Marcus Yake (Rtd.), and the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, have tasked citizens of the Chiefdom to embrace peace and unity to achieve more development.
Both the Chief and Mohammed spoke on Saturday during this year’s Lhmp Zaar annual cultural festival in Tafawa Balewa. Mohammed, while speaking at the event, which brought citizens of Zaar, which spreads across Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro local government areas, said their unity would attract more economic, social and cultural developments.
The governor had created the Chiefdom after decades of agitation, litigation and bickering.
The Monarch, Gen. Yake (rtd.) said that the chiefdom had waited 34 years before achieving things under the administration of Bala Mohammed.
The Gung Zaar recalled that the Federal Military Government under General Ibrahim Babangida in 1992 issued a government White Paper based on the report of the Justice Babalakin Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which approved the creation of a separate Sayawa Chiefdom out of the Bauchi Emirate.
He said the Federal Military Government directed the Bauchi State Government to put in place the necessary modalities and establish the chiefdom.
“Since then, all successive governments have not had the political will and courage to implement this directive, until this our amiable, courageous, game-changer, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Commander of the Order of the Niger, the Gung Zaar of Zaar, which was 34 years after that directive was given. We say thank you, sir,” he said.
According to him, since the bold step by the present governor to confront the matter headlong, complete peace has been restored to Zaar land.
“His Excellency not only established the chiefdom but also graciously and magnanimously cited the headquarters of the chiefdom in Murram Namchi. Gave the Gung Zaar first-class status, contrary to the expectations of so many people,” he said.
He also disclosed that the governor awarded the contract for the construction of a palace in Murram Namchi, and that the construction has reached an advanced stage.
The Monarch said the same progress is being recorded in the construction of palaces for the six district heads.
“Your Excellency, you have written your name in gold, in the heart of every Zaar man and woman living and in posterity,” he said.
The Gung Zaar thanked the governor for the gesture, describing him as the father and pillar of justice of the Zaar people.
