The youths made the resolve at Manchok , during an interactive session to sensitise the people to the need to re-ventilate the Asholio culture, which many see as dying.
According to the convener of the event, Mr Lucky Mamman, it is unfortunate that a majority of the current generation of youths cannot speak the Asholio language.
“Not only that, a lot of us have lost touch with the Asholio culture to the extent that even our traditional rulers, who are the custodian of the culture of the Moro’a land bear foreign traditional titles and wear foreign clothes.
“It is so pathetic that today we cannot say exactly what makes us unique as a people because we have no cultural sophistry to display.
“Our younger ones only speak Hausa and English languages because they do not know the language of our fore-fathers,’’ he said.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufa’i, said on Saturday that his administration was determined to reposition the public sector to ensure quality service delivery.
El-Rufa’i, who said the state government’s actions in relation to the public sector, especially education, were well-meaning, added: “We are repositioning the educational sector so that our children would benefit and have a promising future.”
The governor was speaking at the Moro’a Annual Cultural celebration held at Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna, where he was represented by the state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr Paul Dogo.
He said although the area had experienced security challenges, the government had instituted a Peace Commission as a proactive mechanism to address the issue.
He commended, traditional leaders in the area for their cooperation and for helping security agencies in combating insecurity in the area.
El-Rufai said the festival afforded the community the opportunity to showcase its rich cultural heritage.
In his message of goodwill, the deputy governor of the state, Mr Barnabas Bala, urged the people to be patient with government as it was committed to initiating policies that would better the lives of residents of the state regardless of the temporary pain they might bring.
“The state government is planning well to re-engage those disengaged from government service into various meaningful ventures,” he said.
Mr Daniel Gaggah, the President, Moro’a Development Association (MDA) advised the government to come up with a holistic approach to addressing the security challenges in the area to allow the people to return to their farms.
He said, “The people of Takad, Kagoro and Atyap chiefdoms are still battling with security challenges which if not checked would find their way back into our land.”
On education, he said although the disengagement of teachers in the state was with a view to reshaping the sector, a sizable number of teachers from the community were affected with many of them “still struggling to come to terms with.”
He, therefore, urged the state government to review its recruitment arrangements so that it would be able to re-absorb a significant number of disengaged indigenes of the community.
On agriculture, he urged the government to support the community to enable it to improve on the already high yielding crop varieties they were producing.
He identified such high-yielding crops as rice, ginger, groundnuts, Irish potatoes, soya beans, and Yam, among others.
“Our people are willing to key into government program that are aimed towards providing assistance to farmers in order to boost agricultural production in the state,” he said.
Guest Speaker on the occasion, Professor Kabiru Mato, the state’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, spoke of the need for Nigeria as a country to return to agriculture which he said had been seriously neglected owing to the boom in the oil sector.
He said that social vices across the country were rife because of the colossal damage done to the economy by the past administration.
He added that the present administration was determined to revitalise the agricultural sector through various programmes aimed at boosting agricultural production and encouraging young people to go back to farm.
“We are as a government leveraging on all the provisions of the federal government through various agencies aimed at improvising agriculture,” he said.
Also in a message of goodwill, the Administrator, Kaura Local Government Area, MrZutung Agog, said the theme of the festival – “Socio-economic Development of Southern Kaduna: The Role of Agriculture,” was to awaken the consciousness of every indigene of the area and sensitise them to the importance of agriculture to the development of the state and the role the government was playing to increase agricultural production in the state.
Also in his message, the Chief of Moro’a, MallamTagwaiSambo, commended the government for the construction of roads in Manchok and assured government of continued support in the area of peace building.
The News Agency or Nigeria (NAN) reports that the festival which witnessed cultural performances including songs, drama and dances, attracted persons from all works of life.
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