THE NAME
ALANZA JONATHAN TIMBAU
BY
MR JONATHAN
AMOS TIMBAU : B. Sc M. Sc. SOCIOLOGY (FIRST EXEC. SEC. OF
AMONSA)
ABSTACT
“The Sinister, atrocious and
extremely wicked situations surrounding the birth of ALANZA
were turbulent and perilous waters or terrifying moments of
Crisis on the Jos Plateau and its environs that necessitated
the name ALANZA JONATHAN TIMBAU.”
INTRODUCTION
Names are given as mark of
identity. That is, the more reason why a word or words that
a particular Person, Animals, Place or thing is know by is
referred to as “NAME.” No wonder! Someone may ask why we
have to bother ourselves with a Name? What is in a Name?
There is a lot in a Name. That is why the Amo people in
Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State give tribal
Names to mean one thing or the other. In other words, Names
in Amo Land can be given to express happiness, events, or
conditions surrounding the birth of a new born baby. It
could mean appreciation to what the Lord has done to the
couples. Names expressed situations and personalities we
must refer and among other things. It is believed in Amo
Land that when you give a good Name to a new born baby, the
Name will follow after the baby and vice versa.
WHY WE GAVE OUR DAUGHTER THE
NAME ALANZA
The Name ALANZA did not come by chance or accident, but it
was the outcome of situation that conditioned us. Even
though, I am not a prophet nor the son of prophet to say
exactly the plan of God surrounding the birth of ALANZA.
But, suffice to say that the Name ALANZA was conditioned by
situations surrounding her birth which is somehow similar to
other Names in Amo Land. The sinister, atrocious and
extremely wicked situations surrounding the birth of ALANZA
were turbulent and perilous waters or terrifying, moments of
crisis on the Jos Plateau and its environs that necessitated
the Name. If you follow me down memory lane, you will
recall that Plateau which was known for peace in the
Country, was on this day the 17th day of January,
2010 broke on flames. The serous mayhem prompted the
declaration of 24hrs curfew on the Jos and Bukuru Metropolis
by the then Governor Jonah David Jang. In view of that,
there was restriction of movements of Vehicles and people to
prevent further escalation of the ugly incident that
culminated to the lost of lives and properties worth
millions of naira. To my greatest dismay, a midst this
crises ridden situation, my wife was in the hospital under
cross examination to deliver my precious daughter-ALANZA
which was our first experience in life as new couple
Unfortunately, the management of the hospital on hearing the
declaration of curfew, discharged all patience in the
hospital to go back home including my humble self and wife
on the premise that they don’t have a canteen to feed the
patience and also for the safety of their staff who lived a
distance to the hospital. On hearing these pronouncements
from the management of the hospital, we all became confused
and the only alternative left to us was to lean on God and
God alone for help. Hence, I took them back home while on
our knees in prayers. God in His infinite mercy made it
possible for us to require the assistance of a Nurse that
was our neighbor. The Nurse examine her at home for about 24
hours when she was in serious labour up to the time that she
delivered the precious baby ALANZA without any cause
for alarm on the 20th day of January, 2010
at about 11:30am.
Sequel to the above, we saw the hand work of God on the
situation. In other words, we believed without reservation
that God really answered our prayers. Hence, we decided to
give the new born baby girl the name ALANZA, meaning God
heard us and answered our supplications and prayers.