Karai-Karai leader urges Bauchi government to engage youths for better productivity

Karai-Karai leader urges Bauchi government to engage youths for better productivity

By: Yahaya Wakili

The leader of the Karai-Karai cultural heritage, Bala Bara Ma Jalam, Malam Usman Marqui Ma Jalam (known as Marqui), has called on the Bauchi state government to pay more attention to youths to engage them with something to do in the state.

He reiterated that, because youths are the backbone of everything in the society, anything to be done has to involve youths first; therefore, in reality, youths have been left behind, so the government should have done something to revive the teeming youths in the state.

Marqui made the call while briefing the newsmen at his residence shortly after this year’s Bala Bara Ma Jalam celebration in Jalam, Dambam local government area of Bauchi state.

According to Marqui, neglecting the youths without something to do is pushing them to get involved in crime, such as terrorism, kidnapping, banditry, and other criminal activities in the society; therefore, we are appealing to the Bauchi state government to create something for the youths so that they can be self-reliant.

“As they know and everybody knows, this Karai-Karai tribe culture call Bala Bara Ma Jalam used to take place in every first week of the new year, and we are celebrating it today, Tuesday, 6th January, 2026, at Jalam town in the Dambam local government of Bauchi state,” Marqui said.

He maintained that, as history comes, any tribe has its own culture, because the tribe that doesn’t have its own culture is not a complete tribe, and by the grace of Almighty God, we will face the next year’s Bala Bara Ma Jalam celebration, inshallah.

Karai-Karai leader urges Bauchi government to engage youths for better productivity