Democracy is defined as a Government by the people, of the people and for the people. It is also regarded as a game of numbers in which the majority carries the day.

Zaria West in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, comprising Unguwar Juma, Unguwar Fatika and Limanci wards are the most densely populated parts of the Local Government Area, and have been coexisting peacefully with all the other parts of the city.

However, recently an uproar emanated from some youths in the area during which they complained about the way and manner elective positions and Government appointments are being made, especially concerning the Zaria Local Government Area.

They complained that since the return of democracy in the country, the area had always been marginalized in terms of appointments and elective positions in both the state and federal levels.

One of the concerned Youths, Malam Hassan Musa Kofar Kuyanbana, observed that despite the fact that Zaria West is rich in human resources such as intellectuals, civil servants, both serving and retired, no member of the community had ever been appointed as Commissioner or even an SA, SSA by past and present governments.

Kofar Kuyanbana said the area had long supported and cooperated in the emergence of candidates from the other areas who had held positions for many years,but that now, the area is longing to produce a candidate for either the State House of Assembly seat or the House of Representatives slot, it is not getting the necessary support.

Another Youth, Sani Musa, alleged that the area is being marginalized in terms of the provision of infrastructure and appointments, especially by the Kaduna State Government.

Another stakeholder, Iliyasu Marmara, expressed concern that Zaria West is being neglected even in projects execution, alleging that the only major road that passes through Kofar Kuyanbana, Unguwar Iya, Durumin Mai Garke to Babban Dodo was kept in view, while other projects in other parts of the town continued to be executed.

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Marmara said he was particularly disturbed by the State Government’s concentration of appointments in one Ward, to the  detriment of other Wards, describing it as “unfair and unfortunate.”

According to him, Zaria West is capable of producing any person to be appointed to any position in both the state and federal levels, as the area is blessed with an abundance of serving and retired civil servants who could fill any available posts.

Marmara, however, commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas, for facilitating the appointments of two indigenes of the area as Chief Executive Officers(CEOs) of National Water Resources Institute and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, and asked for more of such offers, especially federal board appointments so as “to balance the equation.”

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The concerned Youths, therefore, urged the relevant authorities to address their grievances with a view to rectifying the lopsidedness to enable them to continue to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and the country.