•By Ahmid Lawal Leadership Newspaper.
Gbagyi echnic group, which is the largest indigenous tribe in FCT, Abuja, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint one of them as minister.
The appeal was made by Ms. Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu Akenova, a prominent figure in the Gbagyi community at a press briefing in Abuja.
Ms. Akenova said the Gbagyi group has demanded that their tribe should not be overlooked during the list formation of the new cabinet by President Tinubu.
She pointed out that the Gbagyi tribe is important for the progress of Nigeria, adding that their inclusion in the ministerial list would be a bridge between government and the indigenous people. She also pointed accusing fingers at some leaders of Gbagyi extraction for abandoning collective responsibilities for personal political gains.
Ms. Akenova said, “Most Gbagyi leaders who are members of a political class are being settled one way or the other in order to abandon our collective strategic interests which explains why we are convening this event in order to convince them to the contrary.”
She stated that an inclusion of the tribe in the ministerial list would bring about an important development.
She said the Gbagyi ethnic group represents a significant chunk of Abuja’s population, and it has long been fighting for its rights and recognition. “The present federal capital city of Nigeria is mainly Gbagyi land which has been appropriated to house the seat of government and its agencies, needless to say that no sufficient compensation can be Given for such a sacrifice,” she said.
