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Residents and indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rescue Abuja from what they describe as the \u201chands of destroyers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are also advocating self-governance, including the right to elect their own governor and legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a recent gathering, community leaders and stakeholders expressed frustration with the current political structure, which relies on appointed officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, \u201cWe acknowledge the infrastructural transformation under Wike, but true representation is lacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need a political system that allows us to elect our leaders and ensure accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dara criticised the disconnect between the government and the people, emphasising the need for a governance model that reflects the will of Abuja residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur voices must matter. It\u2019s time for a government that serves the people, not just political interests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Culled from Daily Trust <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Residents and indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rescue Abuja from what they describe as the \u201chands of destroyers.\u201d They are also advocating self-governance, including the right to elect their own governor and legislature. At a recent gathering, community leaders and stakeholders expressed frustration with the current political structure, which relies on appointed officials. He said, \u201cWe acknowledge the infrastructural transformation under Wike, but true representation is lacking. \u201cWe need a political system that allows us to elect our leaders and ensure accountability.\u201d Dara criticised the disconnect between the government and the people, emphasising the need for a governance model that reflects the will of Abuja residents. \u201cOur voices must matter. It\u2019s time for a government that serves the people, not just political interests,\u201d he added. Culled from Daily Trust <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23646,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23644\/revisions\/23646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}