The Kaduna State Government through the Special Adviser Media on Communications to the state Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye in a statement, has dismissed the media report claiming that the state has been renamed Zazzau State.
Adekeye, who described the news as fake, said “Please ignore the elaborate piece of fiction that made the claim. It is fake news,”
Report has it that the news has been making rounds on some online platforms, claiming that the National Assembly had passed a Bill renaming Kaduna State, which was subsequently sent through the Senate President Ahmad Lawan to President Buhari for accent.
It also claimed that the bill which was jointly sponsored by Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari and Senator Uba Sani of Kaduna central got the approval of 13 members out of 15 of the lower chamber representing different parts of Kaduna State.
”The bill was deliberated in the Red Chamber and got 2/3 support of the Senate.
It quoted also the clerk of the National Assembly, Ojo Amos, as saying that ”123 Civil Organizations from different parts of Kaduna State who supported the name change of the state to Zazzau said the new name was in tandem with the history of culture of the people of the state.
”Now that the President Buhari has signed the name change it into law, it will be reflected in the amendment of the 1999 constitution,” it stated.
