The group which made the call at a town hall meeting on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution at the State Secretariat in Katsina.
The gathering comprises grassroots, stakeholders, development actors, civil society advocates,community and traditional rulers.
Karadua State agitators want the state to be situated in Funtua Senatorial Zone, plus additional council areas created to reflect population size, geographic spread and administrative demands.
At the presentation of a memorandum to the public hearing committee through its vice-chairman, Engineer Tukur Lawal, the group argued that the new state if created would help bring government closer to the people.
Lawal said: “Specifically, we propose the creation of Karadua State from the present Katsina South Senatorial Zone (also known as the Funtua Zone), comprising the following 11 Local Government Areas: Funtua, Bakori, Malumfashi, Kafur, Danja, Kankara, Sabuwa, Dandume, Faskari, Musawa, Matazu”.
“Furthermore, in line with the constitutional requirement of creating viable administrative units, we propose the creation of additional local government areas to reflect current population size, geographic spread, and administrative demands.
“The formation of Karadua State will bring governance closer to the people; facilitate equitable resource allocation and infrastructural development; enhance political participation and representation; reduce marginalization and improve security coordination at the grassroots.
“This request aligns with the spirit of federalism and supports national calls for restructuring to ensure balanced development across all zones,” the group added.
Chairman of the public hearing committee, Senator Ibrahim Ida, said the committee is collecting the group’s opinions as well as those of other groups about issues they want to see amended in the nation’s constitution.
Ida said: ”The opinions of groups from the three senatorial zones of the state, when collated, would be submitted to the Senate Committee for the northwest zone, which would soon be sitting in Kano State ”.
