History Of the Great Chamba people of Nigeria (sama) Capital at Ganye 

The Chamba (Sama) people of Ganye Chiefdom make up one of the largest single ethnic groups in the North eastern Nigeria and are no doubt the most populous single ethnic group in Adamawa south if not the entire Adamawa state.
Today the Chamba people are spread across five local government areas of Adamawa State, namely: Jada, Ganye, Toungo, Mayo-Belwa, Yola and Fufure Local Government Areas respectively and Gashaka, Sarti Bali, and Takum in Taraba State also into the Cameroon republic. They predominantly occupy Jada, Ganye and Toungo Local Government areas in Adamawa State. Being Agrarians by culture, they live in a very fertile agro-zone that spreads to the Cameroon borders.
Chambaland is a mixture of heath savannah and semi rain forest with undulating hills and prestigiously extended landscapes that host till today great wildlife that is depicting the beauty of the flora and fauna. The chambaland enjoys the highest amount of rainfall in the whole of Adamawa state. The land is the home of major food productions in the country.
This area was never part of Nigeria legally until the February 1961 plebiscite where it was decided by vote the position of the people of the then northern Cameroon which was entrusted to the colonial Britain as a Trust Territory by the United Nations following the defeat of Germany in the Second World War. This was ratified in the trusteeship agreement entered into by the United Kingdom for the territory of the Cameroon, previously administered by it under the League of Nations after the defeat of Germany in 1916 (WWI). The Anglo-French agreement of March 4, 1916 divided Cameroon into two to be control by two separate powers. Later in 1922 by an instrument signed in London on July 22nd, France was given a mandate under the League of Nations to be in charge of the administration of the territory of the Cameroon but the western potion was mandated to the British. This is the same mandate regime that lasted till the coming into force of trusteeship agreement which was ratified by the General Assembly of United Nations on 13th December, 1946. That is to say that the area that is called Ganye chiefdom today was not colonised by the British.

Peace loving and accommodating people, Chamba people have kept good relationship with their close neighbours like the Mumuye. The Fulani who also have enjoyed this humane relationship of the Chamba, moved into the area long time ago and they have interrelated for many decades. In fact the presence of Islamic religion in Chambaland can be attributed to the coming of the Fulani among them since there was no Jihad in the land. Today in most the of the towns and villages of chambaland there are the Igbos, Hausa People, Tivs and other distant tribes apart from the Mumuye and the Fulani. The chamba people do not have a history of bigotry, intolerance or segregation. They have accommodated the strangers in their midst with love and have even inter-married with many.
With the wake of the recent physical and psychological attacks on the Chamba, it clearly shows that the Chamba is getting hit below the belt. This of course calls for concern, on the one hand for the Chamba people to be more united among themselves irrespective religion or class difference so that they will be able to face their fate as a people and on the other hand it calls for proactive intellectual engagement for emancipation and protection of the land and people from both intellectual bondage and captivity of mentality.
One of the worst things that have happen to Chamba land in history is the recent attack on Ganye which left over a dozen innocent people dead which also resulted to lost property worth hundreds of millions and some other previous experiences like the robbery attack at the Ganye international Cattle Market where millions were taken away. Today it is clear that the trauma of these episodes is lingering in the minds of people in the entire Chamba land.
The chambaland has one of the worst roads in Nigeria. From Yola to Ganye which is supposed to be less than two hours now takes over four hours due to bad road. The government of Nigeria that dragged the Chambaland into it has not said anything for years.
With all these things happening one is left to ask if being in Nigeria was a curse. No one will explain what the Chamba land have done to these gun men that came except for the fact that it is a common thing in north eastern Nigeria.
The government should rise up to its responsibility of protecting lives and property of the people, the Chamba land is a border territory there is need for a stationed either mobile police barracks or military barracks for prompt response in case of any kind of attack. Since the land had become part of Nigeria with such peculiar antecedence, there is need for the people to see the importance of being in Nigeria.
The copious natural resources in this area if properly harnessed can yield great benefit to Nigeria. Since Nigeria has taken over the area for 52 years there is hardly any special attention to the region. It agreed that in whole Adamawa Chamba is most agro-supportive region why wont the government through it numerous agricultural projects site one important project there to touch the lives of these people. Those Chamba that migrated into the Cameron that time because of the result of the referendum are faring well. Let Nigeria not be curse.

 

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