Overview
- Lesson Title: Hizbah-This report from Voice of America Radio discusses the laws of Hizbah and the Federal Government of Nigeria.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Defense/Security
- ILR Level: 2+/3
- ACTFL Proficiency: Superior, Advanced-High; This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Listening
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LO
- Publication Year: 2007
- ObjectID: HAUS_11911
Transcript
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Hizbah A: Gwamnatin jihar Kano tace ko kusa matakin da gwamnatin tarayya ta dauka na rushe hukumar hizbah ta jihar Kano, ba zai taɓa saɓuwa ba. Da yake ganawa da manema labarai gwamna Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, cewa ya yi idan dai ba mulkin soja ake ciki ba a Nijeriya, kamata ya yi gwamnatin tarayya ta kai hukumar hizbah ko gwamnatin jiha, Ƙara a kotu don dai har hukuma hizbah tana wani abu da ba daidai ba. Tun da dai doka ce ta kafa, ita wannan hukuma ta hizbah, ba wai da ka gwamnati ta kafa ita ba. Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau ya ci gaba da cewa: B: Abin da muke cewa shi ne, gwamnatin tarayya ya kamata tayi, in har ta ga hukumar hizbah tana yin wani abu da ba daidai ba. Ta je ta gurfanar da hukumar hizbah ko gwamnatin Kano gaban kotu, cewa dokar da mukayi ta hizbah ta ci karo da dokar kasa. Alabashshi mu je mu buga gaban alƘali, alƘali ya yanke hukunci. A: Ba ka jin tsoron tashin-tashinar da za ta iya biyo baya, kamar ka sa kafar wando ɗaya da gwamnatin tarayya? B: Wannan ai shi ne dimokaradiyyar, babu wani tashin-tashina, babu zancen sa wando kafa daya. Abin da muke cewa shi ne: an yi doka. Dokar nan ba wani ne ya zauna ya rubuta ta ba. Mun kai wa majalisa, majalisar nan tamu, da gwamnatin Kano, hukumomi ne da tsarin mulkin tarayyar Nijeriya ya samad dasu. Don haka, in suka yi doka, ba wanda zai koma ya zauna daga Abuja yace ya rusa wannan doka. A: Akwai yiwuwar cewa gwamnatin tarayya ta dogara ne da wata doka da ke cikin kundun tsarin mulki, da ta bata damar da ta dau wannan mataki na rushe ita wannan hukuma ta hizbah? B: Ah, ba zai yiwu ba. Ai, in har huku.., gwamnatin tarayya tana da wata doka da suke ganin ta fi karfin tamu dokar. Ba wanda ya isa ya warware wannan sai dai kotun alƘali. Bisa tsarin dimokaraɗ iyya, in dai aka bi tsarin mulki, akayi doka. Ko da dokar nan an ga akwai kuskure, ko wani yana ganin akwai rishin gaskiya a ciki. To, ba za ka iya fitowa kai kaɗ ai ka ce ka rushe ta ba, sai dai katafi kotu, ko kuma a sake komawa ta hanyar majalissa. A: Yadda hukumar hizbah ta hana ‘yan acaba daukar mata da goyon uku, a lokacin aikin wannan hukumar ya fito fili, ba ka jin yadda ‘yan hizbah suke ta gudanar da ayyukansu, ya sa an ta samun koke-koke? B: To, shi koke-koke kullum idan akayi koke-koke, yana da kyau katsaya kaga suwa yeye masu koke-koken. Ina tabbatarma kaje ka zagaya ka sami ‘yan acaba masu-hayar Babura na Allah da annabi, masu mutunci wanda suka san Ƙima da mutuncinsu da mutuncin addininsu da mutuncin matayensu. Ba sune suke rigima da wannan doka ba. Wasu ‘yan tsirari ne wanda ake amfani dasu, kuma ana shigo da siga ta siyasa saboda jahiliyya da jahilci. Ana ganin cewar wataƘila in an Ƙalubalenci wannan doka kamar gwamnatin siyasa aka ƙalubalenta. Wannan kuskure ne. Kuma mu abinda muka lashi takobi shi ne, zamu bi dokokinnan da sharaɗ in za'a tabbatar da ba'a ci mutuncin kowa ba, amma doka dama amfaninta wanda ya karyata abi doka a hukuntashi. A: Ina matsayin {commander [English]} hizbah da mataimakinsa da ke hannun ‘yan sanda? B: To, wannan … muma mun sami labarin suna hannun ‘yan sanda kuma, muna bin sawu, ah, za kuma muci gaba da bin sawu, wanda na yi magana da wasu daga cikin jami’an tsaro, wanda nima kuma zan je da kaina in sha’ Allah, ah, bayan wannan tattaunawa domin mu tabbatar da me yeye hujjar riƘe su, kuma miyeye dalilin riƘe su. Domin aikin nan da suke yi na hizbah ba kansu suke yi wa ba, ma’ana gwamnati ce ta kafa hukumar hizbah, gwamnati ce ta yi doka, mu muka kirasu muka ce su zo su tayamu, aiwatar da wannan aiki. Mu ya kamata a tuhuma cewar wane irin aiki suke yi, ba su za’a kama a tuhume su ba, mu da muka ba su aikin ya kamata a shigo da mu, a sanad damu, me yeye hujja, me yeye dalilin tuhuma daa… A: Gwamnan jihar Kano ke nan, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau. Muhammadu Salisu Rabi’u, Murya Amurka, daga Kano, Nijeriya. |
Hizbah
B: What we are saying is this: the federal government must do this, if it feels that the hizbah authority is doing something wrong. It should take the hizbah authority or the Kano government before the court, saying that the hizbah law that we have violates the national law. God willing, we will then have a hearing and the judge will make a ruling. A: Aren’t you afraid of the disturbances that could follow from this, as if you are conceding [putting on one-legged pants] with the federal government? B: But this is democracy: there will be no disturbances, there’s no conceding. What we are saying is this: there’s a law. No one sat down and wrote this law. We took this to the legislature, our legislature here, in Kano, which our democratic dispensation has produced. Because of this, if they make a law, no one should sit in Abuja and say he’ll abolish it. A: Is there a possibility that the federal government might rely on some law that is in the bowels of the constitution, that would give it the authority to take this step to abolish this hizbah authority? B: No, it’s not possible. You see, even if the ... federal government had some law that they thought exceeded the strength of our law, there’s no one who could take on the dispute except for a court judge. According to the democratic system, when the constitution is followed, the law is made. If one thinks there is a mistake in this law, or someone thinks there is a lack of truth in it, you can’t come out of it on your own and say you’ll abolish it; you can only go to court, or else return again to the legislative route. A: As the hizbah authority prohibits young men from picking up women on their scooters, when the activity of this authority became public, didn’t you feel the way the hizbah officials were running their activities was the reason people kept complaining? B: Well, this complaining there will always be complaining; it’s better to stop and see who’s doing the complaining. I am certain that you can go about and find young men with scooters for hire who are good Muslims, who are reputable and who know the etiquette of their reputation and the reputation of their religion and the reputation of their women. They are not the ones who are in an uproar over this law. It’s a small number of people who benefit from them, and it’s beginning to have the appearance of politics because of vulgarity and ignorance. Perhaps one thinks that if one challenges this law as government politics, one is challenging it. This is a mistake. And for us what matters is, we will follow these laws on the condition of certainty that no one is betrayed, but the usefulness of the law is that whoever breaks it will be judged. A: What is the status of the hizbah commander and his assistant who are in police custody? B: Well, this … we got the news that they are in police custody, and we are following their disposition, ah, and we’ll continue to follow their disposition, about which I spoke to some of the security officials, and about which I will also go myself, God willing, ah, after this conversation, to find out the basis under which they were detained. Because this hizbah activity that they’ve been doing, it’s not for themselves that they’re doing it; meaning, it’s the government that established the hizbah authority, it’s the government that made the law; we’re the ones who called them and requested them to come and help us carry out this activity. It is we who should say what kind of work they were doing, not for them to be arrested and interrogated; we who gave them work should be informed about the basis and reason for the interrogation … A: That was the Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau. I am Muhammadu Salisu Rabi’u, Voice of America, from Kano, Nigeria. |
Glossary
| Hausa | Hausa Meaning | English Meaning |
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| bayan wannan | Sai | After that, then |
| Tashin-tashina | Rigingimu, ko tashin hankula. | Riots or disturbances |
| Ka sa ƙafar wando ɗaya da gwamnatin tarayya | Ka kara da | You have a clash with or you have a confrontation with |
| 'Ƴan achaɓa | Masu kasuwancin ɗauka mutane bisa babura | People who use scooters for business purposes (transportation) |
| Muka lashi takobi | Muka ci nasara, Muka ɗauki ɗamara | We have won, or what we are victorious about |
| Ƴan sanda | Masu tsaron jiha ko ƙasa. | Those who protect the state or country; police |
| Tsirari | Kaɗan daga cikin mutane. | A minority group |
| Ƙalubalenci | Ana rubuta wannan kalma haka:ƙalubalanci kuma tana iya nufin tsokana | Challenge/provoke |
| Ta ci karo da | Ta saɓa ma | Collides with or conflicts with |
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Jiha Kano ce cibiyar kasuwanci jihohin arewacin Nijeriya kuma tarihi na kiran jiha fagen tashin hankali na siyasa da addini. Addini na da babban mahinmancin cikin rayuwar 'yan Nijeriya kuma mutane na da addini daban daban. Ana ci gaba da samun matsalolin tashe tashen hankalin saboda banbancin ƙabila da addini. Yawancin jihohi na ƙoƙarin kafa dokar shari'a, dokar da asalinta ya fito daga babban littafin musulmi-Kur'ani. Wannan ya ci gaba da zama tushen rabuwa, da tashe tashen hankali tsakanin masu bin manyan addinai biyu na Nijeriya watau musulmi da kirista. Koda shike mutanen na da bayyanai dabam dabam akan Hizbah ana iya kiranta wata hanya ta gabatar da dokar shari'a ciki jihohin arewacin Nijeriya. Wasu ma na kwatamta Hizbah da masu zartar da addini ko ƴan sanda addini masu zartar da addini. Hizbah ta ƙunshi matasan da ake zaton basu da wani riƙaƙen ilimi masanman na boko kuma masu jin daɗin ikon sa jama'a bin ƙa'idojin dokar su dole. Dokokin na shafar waɗanda ba musulmi ba cikin irin waɗannan jihohi kuma dokar ba ta da wani tsari domin su koda yake ana cewa bata shafe su ba. Dokar kuma na huƙunta ma mata kuma basu da hanyar magana ko tsare kansu. Yawancin lokaci Gwamnatin Nijeriya ba ta cin nasara wajen tsaida ire-iren waɗanan dokokin addini saboda ƴan Nijeriya na bin addinisu sossai kuma suna iya yin kowane irin yaƙi da mai ƙoƙarin hanasu bin dokokinsu. http://www.cceia.org/resources/publications/dialogue/2_10/articles/1053.html http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2001/may/05112001_letter.html |
Kano is Northern Nigeria's commercial center and history describes it as a site of religious and political violence. Religion is very important to most Nigerians and religous life is public and diverse. However, the country continuously suffers violent conflict in the communities along ethnic and religious lines. Many northern states are attempting to implement the religious law known as the Shari'a law, a law which finds its roots in the Muslim's holy book known as the Koran. This has been a continuous source of division, tension and crisis between the two major religious groups in Nigeria-Muslims and Christians. People define Hizbah differently but it is more or less another way of introducing the Shari'a law in some Northern Nigerian states. Some describe Hizbah as religious enforcers or religious police in charge of enforcing the Shari'a law. Hizbah is mostly made up of young people who are believed to have little or no formal education, enjoying authority by imposing their views of morality. In most cases non-Muslims living in the states where these laws are practiced are affected because this law generally has no regard for their religion even though it claims to exempt them. Women are also the targets in most of these laws and they are given little or no room to defend themselves. The Nigerian Government hardly succeeds in bringing such laws and practices to an end because Nigerians are very sensitive to their religion and do whatever it takes to resist the government's attempt to stop them. http://www.cceia.org/resources/publications/dialogue/2_10/articles/1053.html http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2001/may/05112001_letter.html |
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<eng-response>The Governor of the Kano State in Nigeria spoke with VOA reporter Mohamadu Salisu Rabiu about Hizbah and the Nigerian Federal Government's intention to demolish this group. The Governor, however, supported Hizbah and its laws. He justified the law of Hizbah which bans transportation of female passengers on motor scooters or having three passengers on a scooter at a time. He assured the reporter that the people complaining about these laws are only a minority group, and that the men who respect their wives and religion are in support of these laws. He further explained that the only legal authority capable of dissolving Hizbah should be either the court of law (because Nigeria is under a democratic government and not a military rule), or through the legislative body. The Governor concluded that the federal government should hold the Kano State Government responsible for creating Hizbah, and not the commander and his deputy who were elected by the Kano State Government to enforce the laws of Hizbah.</eng-response>
<eng-fdbk>This answer is correct, because the summary contains the main points of the report's critic, which suggests that the local Government should be held responsible for Hizbah and its laws in Kano.</eng-fdbk>
<fdbk>Wannan amsa daidai ce! Saboda taƙaitawa ta ƙunshi bayanin mai suka lamiri da shawarar cewa ya kamata a ba gwamnatin jiha Kano laifin kafa Hizbah da dokokinta</fdbk>
<response>Gwamnan Kano ya tattauna da ɗan jarida Muryar Amurka akan Hizbah da matakan Gamnatin Tarayya na rushe hukumar. Gwamnan na goyon bayan hizbah da dokokinta. Ya kuma yi bayanin mai goyon bayan dokar Hizbah wadda ke hana ƴan babura ɗaukar mata da kuma goyon uku. Ya tabbata ma ɗan jarida cewa masu gunaguni akan waɗannan dokokin basu da yawa, kuma maza masu mutunta matansu da addininsu suna goyon bayan dokar. Ya ci gaba da bayyanawa cewa majalisa da kotu kaɗai ke da ikon rushe Hizbah saboda ana mulkin demokuraɗiyya ne a Nijeriya ba mulkin soja ba. Gwamna Jiha ya kamalla magana da cewa ya kamata Gwamnatin Tarayya ta gurfana da Gwamnatin Kano wadda ta kafa Hizbah, maimakon kwamandan da mataimakinshi wanda an zaɓe su ne akan su yi aikin zartar da dokokin Hizbah.</response>
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<eng-response>In this report about Hizbah in the Kano State of Nigeria, the Governor of Kano challenges the Nigerian Federal Government, stating that the law is legal because it was approved by the Kano State Government as one of Nigeria's governing body which should not be challenged by any individual or authority in Abuja. Under a democratic government an individual cannot unilaterally change a constitutional law, even if the law seems unfair to the public. The reporter added that it is good to identify those who complain about a law in a society, and the majority of people in Kano State respect their wives, their religion and support Hizbah law. The Governor of Kano also assured that his state government will make sure that the laws of Hizbah are fair to everybody, especially the two leaders who were detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Governor concludes by stating that he has plans of confronting the federal government on behalf of the Hizbah leaders.</eng-response>
<eng-fdbk>This is incorrect, because the reporter did not make comments about laws in a society. What were the speaker's comments about the two leaders who were detained?</eng-fdbk>
<fdbk>Wannan ba daidai ba ne! saboda mai bada rahoton bai yi bayyani ba akan dokokin zaman jama'a ba.Wane irin bayyani mai bayyani ya yi bisa shugabannin da aka kama?</fdbk>
<response>Cikin wannan rahoton mai bayyanin Hizbah a jiha Kano, Gwamnan yana ƙalubalanta Gwamnatin Tarayya ne da cewa dokar Hizbah na bisa ƙa'ida saboda asalinta gwamnatin Kano wadda ita kuma tsarin mulkin tarayya Nijeriya ya kafata kenan ba mutunen ko ikon da zai iya rusa da dokokinsu daga Abuja. Mutun ɗaya ba zai iya canza dokar tsarin mulkin ƙasa ba ƙarƙashin demokuraɗiyya koda dokar bata da alamar gaskiya ga ƴancin jama'a. Ɗan Jarida ya ƙara bayanin cewa ya na da kyau a kula da masu kukan kafa ma jama'a doka saboda yawancin jama'ar Kano suna mutunta matansu, da addininsu kuma suna goyon bayan dokokin Hizbah. Gwamna ya kuma bayyana cewa gwamnatinshi za su tabbatar da cewa dokar Hizbah bata ci mutuncin kowa ba masanman shugabanin da Gwamnatin Tarayya ta gurfana da su. Yana da niyar yin arangama da Gwamnatin tarayya akan shugabanin Hizbah.</response>
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<eng-response>This is a report regarding Hizbah practices in the Kano state of Nigeria. People in Kano support the laws of Hizbah because they conform with the federal government's regulations. The governor assured the reporter that Hizbah will never be abolished because under Nigeria's constitutional law, the federal government has to go before the court of law and make their claims explaining how Hizbah broke the law. He also blames the federal government for taking Hizbah's leaders into custody, because its own state government is responsible for every law that Hizbah practices. The governor stated that he plans to go before the federal government to determine its reason for acting against Hizbah's leaders. The report concludes by stating that Hizbah's methods may not appeal to the Nigerian Federal Government, but they are good for the dignity of Kano State citizens, especially the law against carrying women on motor scooters as a means of public transportation.</eng-response>
<eng-fdbk>This is incorrect, because the text did not compare the Federal laws and the laws of Hizbah.Think of the response choice that best explains the speaker's justification for maintaining Hizbah's laws.</eng-fdbk>
<fdbk>Wannan ba daidai ba ne! Saboda rahoton bai yi kwatanci ba ko banbanci tsakanin Gwamnatin tarayya da dokokin Hizbah. Yi tunanin amsa da ta fi bayyana hujja da mai magana ya bada ta aiwatar da dokokin Hizba.</fdbk>
<response>Wannan rahoto ne akan bin dokokin Hizbah a jiha Kano. Jama'ar Kano na goyon bayan dokokin Hizbah saboda sun yi daidai da dokokin Gwamnatin Tarayya. Ya tabattar ma ɗan jarida da cewa ba za'a iya taɓa rushe Hizbah ba saboda idan an bi dokar tsarin mulkin Nijeriya Gwamanatin Tarayya sai ta je gaban kotu ta bayyana abun da take ganin Hizbah ta yi da ba daidai ba ko ta ƙetare dokar ƙasa. Ya kuma ba Gwamnatin Tarayya laifin gurfanar da shugabannin Hizbah saboda gwamnatinshi ce ta kafa dokokin da Hizbah ke aiki da ita. A ƙarshe Gwamna ya bayyana cewa yana da niya zuwa gaban Gwamnatin Tarayya don neman sanin dalilin gurfanar da shugabanin Hizbah. Rahoton ya kwatamta cewa koda yake gwamantin Tarayya ba ta ganin kamar dokokin Hizbah na da kyau ga jama'a, duk da haka suna ƙara mutunta Kanawa masanman dokokin da suka hana ɗaukar mata bisa babura.</response>
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<instr type="eng">INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose the best summary.</instr>
<instr type="target">Umurni:Zaɓi taƙaitawa mafi dacewa.</instr>
<finish>How do you think religious laws and/or Hizbah laws affect women in the Kano State of Nigeria?</finish>
<finish>How do you think Hizbah will affect businesses in Kano state, particularly those that have to do with transportation by motor scooters?</finish>
<finish>What level of government, federal or state, do you think has more power and influence on the public in Nigeria, and why?</finish>
<finishtl>Yaya kuke ganin dokokin addini ko dokokin Hizbah ke shafar mata a jahar Kano?</finishtl>
<finishtl>Yaya kuke ganin Hizbah ke shafar kasuwanci cikin jihar Kano musanman 'yan acaɓa ko hawan babura?</finishtl>
<finishtl>Tsakanin gwamnatin jiha da gwamnatin tarayya Nijeriya, wa kuke ganin ya fi tasiri da ikon ya faɗi jama'a su saurara kuma su bi? Don me?</finishtl>
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