Atyap Chiefdom

Atyap Chiefdom
A̱byin-tyok A̱tyap
Atyap Chiefdom is located in Nigeria
Atyap Chiefdom
Atyap Chiefdom
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 9°49′N 8°22′E / 9.817°N 8.367°E / 9.817; 8.367
CountryNigeria
StateKaduna State
LGAZangon Kataf
ChiefdomAtyap
Government
 • TypeElective monarchy
 • A̠gwatyapA̠gwam Dominic Gambo Yahaya (KSM)

Atyap Chiefdom is a Nigerian traditional state of the Atyap people, located on the upper Kaduna River basin of the central Nigeria plateau in the Middle Belt. Its headquarters is at A̠tak Njei, Zangon Kataf, southern Kaduna state, Nigeria.[1][2]

People

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The dominant people group in the Chiefdom are the native Atyap people.

History

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The Atyap Chiefdom was created in 1995. In 2007, it was upɡraded to a First Class status.[3]

Government

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The Atyap Chiefdom is run by the Atyap Traditional Council,[4] with the A̠gwatyap as its head.

Administrative divisions

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Districts

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The Kaduna state Ministry of Local Government Affairs gave its number of Existing Districts as 16, Approved Districts as five and Approved Village Units as 61.[5]

These are the districts between 1995 and 2017:[6]

S/N Tyap indigenous name Hausa exogenous name
1 A̠buyap Ungwar Rohogo
2 Á̠nietcen-A̱fakan Zangon Urban
3 A̠shong A̠shyui Jankasa
4 Bafoi Ka̠nai Gora Bafai
5 Cen-A̠koo; also Zama A̠won
6 Gan Ka̠nai Gora Gan
7 Jei (Chiefdom Head district) Unɡwar Gaiya
8 Ka̠nai Mali; also A̠tsung A̠byek Gora Gida
9 Makomurum Kibori
10 Mancong Magadan Wuka
11 Mazaki Gidan Zaki
12 Ma̠nyi A̠ghyui Kigudu
13 Sop-A̠koo Mabushi Kataf
14 Shilyam, also Kwakhwu
15 Taligan (A̠takligan), also A̠ga̠mi Magamiya
16 Zonzon Zonzon Gora

However, these are the current five Government-Approved Districts from 2017 onwards, trimmed down by the incumbent Kaduna State governor Nasir Elrufai who accordingly said, as reported by Premium Times, Nigeria that the committee set up to address the district administration in the state concluded that the proliferation of the number of districts from the pre-2001 era had created a financial burden for Local Government Councils. Hence, their reversal back to the pre-2001 era. Viz:

S/N Tyap indigenous name Hausa exoganous name
1 Á̠nietcen-A̱fakan Zangon Urban
2 Jei (Chiefdom Head-district) Ungwar Gaiya
3 Ka̠nai Gora
4 Zonzon Zonzon Gora

Headquarters

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The headquarters of the Atyap Chiefdom is Atak Njei, where the Agwatyap's palace (Tyap: Magwatyap) is located.[7]

Of recent, there had been moves by the Nasir el-Rufai-led Kaduna State government to question the locating of the palace in that very region located at the outskirts of the Hausa-Fulani-Kanuri dominated town of Zangon Kataf (Tyap: Á̠nietcen-A̱fakan), a move which has strongly been countered by the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA).[7]

Rulership

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Royal houses

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Atyap Chiefdom consists of four royal houses divided according to the four clans of the Atyap people, namely:

S/N Clan Subclan
1 A̠gbaat • A̠kpaisa
• Jei
• A̠kwak
2 A̠minyam • A̠fakan
• A̠son
3 A̠ku
4 A̠shokwa

Rulers

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The ruling monarchs of the Atyap Chiefdom are known as A̠gwatyap.[8]

The word is derived from these two Tyap words: a̱gwam (i.e. a monarch) and A̱tyap (i.e. after the Atyap people) and literally means "monarch of the Atyap".[6]

List of rulers

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The names of these rulers who reigned from 1995 till date are as follows:

Start End Ruler
1995 2005 HRH A̠gwam Ba̠la A̠de Da̠uke (JP), Agwatyap I
2005 April 6, 2016 HRH A̱gwam Dr. Harrison Yusuf Bunggwon (FNSE), A̠gwatyap II
November 12, 2016 Date HRH A̱gwam Dominic Gambo Yahaya (KSM), Agwatyap III[9][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gas Development will be Employed to Power Nigeria's Economic Transformation - NNPC Boss". Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Awuhe, Terfa (July 16, 2020). "IDPs decries non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols". Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "ATYAP (KATAF) PEOPLE THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF KADUNA". Trip Down Memory Lane. September 10, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Atyap Traditional Council Takes Proactive Measures Over Crises". The Dream Daily. December 9, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ministry of Local Government Affairs". Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Akau T. L., Kambai (2014). The Tyap-English Dictionary. Benin City.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Bodam, Sule Tinat (July 21, 2020). "Why Atyap Community is Protesting Another Kaduna State Government White Paper on Cudjoe, AVM Usman Muazu Reports on the 1992 Zangon Kataf Conflict (2)". Intervention. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "El-Rufai urges new Agwatyap, others to promote peace". Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Ayuba Kefas (2016). Atyap People, Culture and Language. Unpublished. p. 12.
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