OPINION BY ERIC TENIOLA: Daura could be Yamoussoukro or Gbadolite | TheCable
Daura, University of Transportation, Daura, Kano-Maradi rail line will pass through Daura, School for People with Special Needs, Nigeria Airforce Response Air Wing, Daura, Nigeria Army 171 Battalion Base, Daura and the Forwarding Operating Base, Daura, National Directorate of Employment Centre in Ganga, upgrade and expansion of Daura Mini-Stadium, Sustainable Development Goals Skills Acquisition Centre on Zango Road.
Daura is a city with a population of less than 45,000 people. I have visited Daura several times. It is a border post between Nigeria and Niger Republic. Daura is the spiritual home of the Hausa people. The emirate is referred to as one of the “seven true Hausa states” because it was, , ruled by the descendants of Bayajidda’s sons with Daurama and Magira .
Yamoussoukro is the site of the largest Christian church in the world: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on September 10, 1990. I visited Yamoussoukro twice, first in 1982 and later in 1986. When I watched the documentary on Yamoussoukro recently, it brought me memories especially the presidential palace now surrounded by the crocodile lake.
Gbadolite and Yamoussoukro got transformed by the power of the presidency. Now the two towns are like ghost towns. What is happening to the two towns now is a clear example of the futility and vanity of this is our turn syndrome. It happens in some countries of the world, especially in Africa where leaders personalise their offices.Let us take a look at Iraq whose leader tried to impose his tribe on the other tribes in a united country. Such an attempt is dangerous as it is only very short term.
According to Wikipedia, the Al-Bu Nasir is one of a number of Arab tribes in Iraq. It is a Sunni Arab tribe comprising some 30,000 people who primarily inhabit the town of Tikrit and the surrounding area of north central Iraq, as well as many other areas in the south and centre of Iraq.
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