{"id":10213,"date":"2017-01-04T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:40:08","slug":"2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and\u00a0 the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to recognize the tribe\u00a0 in the appointment of its principal officers.<\/p>\n

The Gbagy people made their decision known on Tuesday at the 6th\u00a0Diko Day cultural festival organized by the Diko community Development Association (DCDA) in Suleja local government of Niger state.<\/p>\n

Moving the motion for the withdraw of support which was overwhelmingly adopted by the people, the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator David Umoru told the people that the state government has continued to marginalize the Gbagyi people in its political appointments thereby denying the zone of fair representation in the government.<\/p>\n

The decision by the people is coming barely two weeks after Senator Umaru , at a Christmas carol organized by the state government in Minna, accused the APC-led administration in the state\u00a0 of marginalizing the christian communities in the state with the absolution of customary court and replacing it with the sharia court, saying that the decision has denied the Christians the opportunity to have a court that they can approach to seek\u00a0 justice.<\/p>\n

“I am saying that as a Christian community those who will not subscribed to be tried by the sharia courts must not be denied the opportunity to have a court that they can approach for redress and justice. To address this issue the government needs to promulgate a law establishing area courts by sending executive bill to the state House of Assembly\u201d, he declared<\/p>\n

The Senator who said he will not relent in his struggle until Justice is said to have been done to the people, pointed out that the state government has continued to marginalize the Gbagyi people in its political appointments despite several appeals from the people for fair share in the scheme of things.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201ctoday the main principal offices of the Niger state government does not take into cognition the fact of the Gbagyi as a people. This is against the constitution which states that every government must reflect the cultural diversity of its people. I want us to resolve today, that the Gbagyi people will not support any government that discriminates against them.<\/p>

\r\n
Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Henceforth we would support only government that will recognize us by making it possible to be part of that government\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Senator Umaru said it was sad and disappointing that after installing the government, the Gbagyi people were ignored in key political appointments by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, adding that it is pity that the people were relegated to the background despite the efforts they made in putting together the government.<\/p>\n

He further argued that the gbagyi man has gone through all kind of destitute at every point in time and were ignored when it matters most adding that his people cannot continue to work and get nothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are tired of grumbling. You will no longer grumble and go home and pretend that there is nothing wrong with us. We should not celebrate mediocrity.<\/p>\n

Community interest will always protect personal interest better. There is no personal interest that can override community interest. Therefore we as Gbagyi people have resolved that we will not support any government that will not recognize us in government\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

He thereby called on the Niger state government to review the appointments of the principal officers from the office of the Deputy Governor, SSG, Head of Service and the rest of them.<\/p>\n

It could however be recalled that In a goodwill message, the 2015 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2015 gubernatorial election in the state, Alhaji Umar Nasko urged the Gbagyi people to be united and uphold their rich cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

He said that the Gbagyi people were blessed with a Senator that was bold enough to speak for them when necessary,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2019:\u00a0Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. Olabode Adaramola The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and\u00a0 the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[624],"tags":[224],"coauthors":[2392,2393],"class_list":["post-10213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-politics","tag-apc"],"yoast_head":"\n2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2019:\u00a0Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. Olabode Adaramola The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and\u00a0 the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"237\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"213\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dayo Emmanuel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg\",\"width\":237,\"height\":213},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/\",\"name\":\"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f\",\"name\":\"Dayo Emmanuel\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/dayo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire","og_description":"2019:\u00a0Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. Olabode Adaramola The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and\u00a0 the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to …","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":237,"height":213,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dayo Emmanuel","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/download-7.jpg","width":237,"height":213},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/","name":"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-04T11:40:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-gbagyi-people-threaten-to-withdraw-support-from-apc-government-over-marginalisation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation."}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f","name":"Dayo Emmanuel","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/dayo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10214,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions\/10214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10213"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}