Adamawa State House of Assembly has taken steps on a petition brought before it by the people of Midlu, a Community in Madagali Local Government Area against Sukur District.
To this end, the Lawmakers at today's resumed plenary session referred the petition to the House Standing Committee on Public Petitions and Electoral Matters for further legislative action.
Midlu Community in Sukur District, Madagali LGA had filed a petition seeking for the House of Assembly's approval so as to reverse the name of "Sukur District" to its original name of "Midlu District".
It could be recalled that the inhabitants of community recently stormed the premises of House of Assembly demanding the intervention of the Honourable Members so as to maintain status quo on the district.
The people told the House of Assembly that Sukur District in Madagali LGA comprises of Midlu Shalmi, Midlu Vapura, Midlu Chakawa Wulla and Sukur itself.
According to them, people of Midlu collectively worked for the creation of the district which was subsequently gazetted in 1983.
The District according to them along with many other political administrative and civil structures were abrogated by the military after the December, 31st 1983 coup, saying that following its creation in 1991, the district was mischievously and surreptitiously changed to Sukur district without consultation.
Some of the protesters explained that the change of name was spearheaded by a single individual of Sukur ethic extraction without consultation with other ethnic groups in the district, and that it stirred up the ongoing controversy and rancour threatening the peace in the area.
The delegation told the House of Assembly that the name Midlu is the name of an area made up of many nationalities and ethnic groups, though predominantly inhabited by the Margis, auguing that the name Sukur on the other hand is a single tribe and people.
Changing the name from Midlu to Sukur district, according to them was not only unfair, unjust, insensitive, but malicious as the name Sukur district presupposes that the inhabitants of the area are all of Sukur ethic extraction.
But the House during its plenary session presided by its Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas formerly received the petition as presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Petition and a member representating Fufore Constituency, Hon. Shuaibu Baba's today.
After receiving the petition, the House which was presided by the Speaker, referred the petition to the committee on Public Petition and Electoral Matters and gave it 3 weeks within which to submit its report.
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