The Plateau State Governor, Simon
Lalong has moved to reduce the influence of the paramount ruler of Jos, Da
Jacob Gyang Buba, known as the Gbong Gwom Jos.
The state government ordered the
carving out of two Traditional Councils from Jos Traditional Council. The two
new councils are to be known as Jos North and Riyom Traditional Councils.
This was revealed in a memo
written by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,
Dayyabu Garga, to the chairmen of Jos North and Riyom Local Government Areas.
In the memo, copies of which were
made available to journalists yesterday in Jos, the government stated that all
the graded chiefs, district heads, village heads and their staff, who are from
both local government areas, should henceforth constitute members and staff of
the newly created traditional councils.
The memo explained that Governor
Lalong’s decision was in compliance with Section 91(1) of the 2016 Local
Government Law, adding that Section 91(3) of the law also states that the most
senior traditional rulers in each local government shall be presidents of Jos
North and Riyom Traditional Councils, respectively.
Earlier, Governor Lalong had
created new chiefdoms and upgraded some, including the Anaguta Chiefdom in Jos
North and that of the Aten of Ganawuri in Riyom.
Reacting yesterday, Da Gyang Buba
said he remained the paramount ruler of Gbong Gwom Jos.
Speaking to Daily Trust through
his media aide, Alex Rwang Pam, Gyang said: “The position of Gbong Gwom Jos was
the one gazetted and nothing has altered the provisions of that document.”
Pam went down the memory lane to
explain that the position currently being occupied by Da Jacob Buba was first
institutionalised as Sarkin Jos on August 28, 1947, explaining that it was much
later that the Berom people re-coined the name to their own language “since
‘Gwom’ means ‘Sarki’ in that language.”
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