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==Overview==
# Lesson Title: Politics in Kaduna State - This is an interview with people about the Kaduna State government in Nigeria.
# Language: Hausa
# Topic: Economics/Politics
# 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: LLO
# Publication Year: 2009
# ObjectID: T8LHA03

==Transcript==
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A: A Najeriya tun ana rade-raden abin, yanzu ta fito fili cewa ba a dai shiri kam tsakanin tshohon gwamnan Kaduna Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi da kuma sabon gwamnanta Namadi Sambo, to me ya hada su ne? Ga wakilinmu na Kaduna din Ibrahim Garba.


B: A sa’ílin da ’yan bangaren tsohon gwamna Makarfi ke zargin cewa an yi babakere ba a yi da su a kwangilance da gwamnatance wai don ba a son su yi tasiri a siyasar shekara ta dubu biyu da goma sha daya (2011), su kuma ýan bangaren Gwamna Sambo na zargin bangaren tsohon gwamnan da yin katsa landan da kuma neman kasancewa su ne na bara su ne na bana su ne na shekaran basasa a siyasance da kuma karfin aljihu. To ko bangaren na Makarfi bai san abin zamani-zamani ba ne? Alhaji Sirajo Musa Samaru na daya daga cikin magoya bayan Makarfin.


C: Sanata Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi yake gwamna lokacin da ya dauko shi {Architect [English]} Muhammad Namadi Sambo mun gaya mai cewa gaskiyar magana maigida ka yi kuskure, domin ka dauko ruwan da zai dafa kanka, domin mun gamsu da cewa duk lokacin da aka ce an zo magana irin na siyasa ya kamata a dauki dan siyasa, ba a dauki dan kwangila ba a ce an ba shi mulki Mai girma, Sanata Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi ba yaro ba ne, gaskiya dattijo ne shi, to mu da muke yaran shi Sanata Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi, ma su mi shi fatan alheri, mun ga irin abubuwan cin kashin da ake mi shi ne mu ba za mu iya daurewa ba.


B: Cin kashin da kuke fadi kamar me da me ake muku?


C: To, duk wáyansu abubuwa da aka shirya domin ci gaban jama’a ba a yin su, domin shi kanshi gwamnan nan wa’yansu ýan baranda sun je sun yi kakagida sun rufe shi ba wanda ya isa ya gan shi, wasu kuma sun ce abin da mai girma Sanata ya yi musu wallahi Namadi bai isa ya yi musu ba.


B: To, ko bangaren gwamna Sambo bai san da tsohon zuma ake magani ba? Alhaji Umar Gana na daya daga cikin na hannun daman gwamna Sambo.


D: To, wannan maganan banza ne kawai, abin da na sani dai Makarfi ba wanda ya gina a wannan jiha tamu ta Kaduna in banda kan shi,duk rashin godiyar Allah ne, yanzu shi Makarfi abin da Allah, nasibi da Allah ya yi masa, in banda ya koma gefe daya ya yi ta istingifari mutane da ya taka da kudin mutane da ya handama da babakere da ya yi, ga asibitocinmu ba maganai a lokacin shi makarantunmu ba malamai yara suna karatu a waje.


B: To, amma ranka ya dade wasu na ganin wa’yannan matsaloli da ka zayyana har yanzu ba su kau ba suna nan?


D: Ah!, ah!, to, mutum da ya shekara takwas ka hada da wanda ya shekara daya da rabi saboda da Allah in za a yi magana ne na gaskiya ba son zuciya ba.


B: Wasu na ganinn kamar an butulce mishi tun da ike kusan shi i kawo wannan gwamnatin ku mutanansa ne- -shi- -


D: - -a’a ,a’a, mu din nan ba mu taba zama wani mutanen kowa ba, mu mutanen PDP ne don mu muka kafa ta, Allah ne yake kawo kowa, ba haka muka hakura ba? ai ba shi muka so ya zama shugabanmu ba a Kaduna ba, Furofeso Ango Abdullahi Muka so, Makarfi na, shi so ya yi ba ya gwamna abin nan da Hausawa ke cewa ‘baba na daka gemu na waje’ya zo yana daga waje amma kuma gwamnati tana hannunsa, to, Namadi yaro ne? Mutumin da ya doshi wajen shekara sittin?


B: Shakka babu, talaka zai yi fatar cewa bangarorin biyu za su mai da wukaken don kyautata mar rayuwa.


Ibrahim Ka-Almasi Garba, Murayar Amurka daga Kaduna a Nijeriya

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Antagonism Between Former Governor Alhaji Mohammed Makarfi and New Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State 


A: Nigeria has been awash in rumors about it for long time, but now that the rift between former Governor of Kaduna Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi and the new Governor Namadi Sambo has been made public, what can bring them together? Here is our Kaduna correspondent, Ibrahim Garba.


B: When the people on former Governor Makarfi’s side make accusations of corruption, they don’t make them about government contracts, since they don’t want to influence the politics of 2011 [when the presidential election is scheduled]. But those on Governor Sambo’s side accuse the former governor’s people of meddling, of trying to finding out what happened to them politically last year, this year, and [all the way] back to the civil war and also [accuse them of having] deep pockets. Well, does Makarfi’s side not know what these times are like? Alhaji Sirajo Musa Samaru is one of Makarfi’s supporters.


C: When Senator Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi was governor and brought on architect Muhammad Namadi Sambo, we respectfully told him that he was making a mistake, and that he has dug his own grave; we understood that when a political issue comes up, one must take on the role of a politician, not a contractor on whom someone has bestowed authority. The Honorable Senator Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi is a respected gentleman, not a child. So when those of us who are supporters of Senator Ahmad Muhammad Makarfi, who wish him well, saw the terrible things that were being done to him, we couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. 


B: What sort of terrible things are you referring to?


C: Well, none of the community development plans had been undertaken yet, and since he was governor at the time, some political thugs blocked him and refused to let people see him for whatever reason, though no one got far enough to confront him. And others argued that Namadi would never do to them what the Honorable Senator had done.


B: But didn’t those on Governor Sambo’s side know that wisdom is born of experience? Alhaji Umar Gana is one of Governor Sambo’s associates.


D: Well, that’s just nonsense. What I know is that Makarfi isn’t the one who built up our State of Kaduna all by himself without thanks to God. Now Makarfi is something that God—the traitor that God made him into. Once he had settled in, he kept on cheating the people and relying on the people’s money that he embezzled through his corrupt practices. Look at our hospitals with no medicine during his time in office, our schools with no teachers, and our children reading outdoors.


B: All right, but, with all due respect, some people believe that the problems you describe haven’t changed and still exist today.


D: Hang on. You’re comparing a person who had eight years in office with a person who has had one and a half years? And, for God’s sake, if they say this, does that mean it’s true? Isn’t it just self-interest?


B: Others seem to believe that he was being betrayed the whole time. When he brought you into the government as his people, he—


D: No, not at all. Those of us who were there were never everyone's people; we were People’s Democratic Party people, being the ones who founded it. It was God that was bringing everyone together, and so we endured it. We actually wanted Professor Ango Abdullahi as our leader in Kaduna, not Namadi. Meanwhile, Makarfi wanted to make the governorship a governorship of smoke and mirrors. He came as an outsider, but he had the government in his hands. So, is Namadi a child? A man who’s approaching sixty years of age?


B: The public certainly hopes that these two sides will bury the hatchet for the greater good.


Ibrahim Ka-Almasi Garba, Voice of America, from Kaduna, Nigeria.

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| ba a yi da su a kwangilance da gwamnatance
| they don’t make them about government contracts
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| karfin aljihu
| (lit: a pocket's strength) deep pockets
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| ka ɗauko ruwan da zai dafa kanka
| (lit: you brought the water that will cook you) he was making a mistake
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| abubuwan cin kashi
| (lit: things for eating excrement) terrible things
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| da tsohon zuma ake magani
| (lit: with old honey you make medicine) wisdom is born of experience
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| baba na ɗaka gemu na waje
| "(lit: the father is inside the room, but his beard is outside) smoke and mirrors. This expression refers to something of a duplicitous nature or with a hidden agenda."
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| maida wuƙaƙen
| (lit: return or put down knives) bury the hatchet
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== Notes ==
1. Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi and Mohamed Namadi

Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi is currently [2009] a Kaduna State Senator; he was the governor of the state from 1999 to 2007. The current governor is Mohamed Namadi. There have been tensions between the two administrations in Kaduna State, and both administrations have been blaming Kaduna State’s problems on each other; Namadi has also repeatedly accused Makarfi of undermining his administration.