Phone sellers seek government recognition

By Usman Shuaibu

The Gwagwalada Phone Sellers Associations in the FCT has called on the government at all levels to carry the phone sellers along in the scheme of things, saying that most of the phone sellers are graduates of the various universities in the country.
The newly elected Chairman of Gwagwalada phone sellers Association, Mr Ashafa Ibrahim Jarmai, who made this call in an interview with Peoples Daily Correspondent after the election of new executives in Gwagwalada.
Jarmai said his leadership would carry every member of the association along in the affairs of things, charging the new officials to co-operate with him.
He also said his administration would take those who did not win the election along, and urged them to support him at all times.
He then expressed with joy that the Gwagwalada Phone Sellers Associations would continue to support the administration of the Area Council for the sake of peace in the area.
He added that he would not hesitate to work in partnership with the security agencies in the interest of the members, urging the phone sellers to shun any act capable of tarnishing their image in public. Piqued by the development, the group, in a statement signed by its coordinator, Abdullahi Ishaya Dominic on Wednesday, called on the governor to urgently revisit the list of consensus candidates forwarded to him.
According to the statement “The proposed candidates ought to be people residing in the council and accessible to the people, the reverse has turned out to be the case.
“The candidate ought to be acceptable by the youths, elders and women, party stakeholders and the traditional institution.
“The candidates chosen for the upcoming council election, do not meet the requirements that warrant them to be selected as consensus candidates
“We want Governor Agbu Kefas to insert the right peg in the right hole before election day.” Statement added.
They also called on the governor to come out and address the people of the state over the decisions on the consensus candidates of the various local government areas.