By Usman Shuaibu
The indigines of Gbangadna Chiefdom now Sabon Gari in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday celebrated the 30years anniversary of their Village Head, Alhaji Yunusa Aliyu
Speaking at the occasion, the Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Hon. Abubakar Jibrin Giri, said his administration would continue to support the Gbangadna Chiefdom.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Hon. Danladi Chiya, used the occasion to advice the entire Gwari in Gwagwalada to always speak their native language with their children, instead of speaking Hausa with them.
On his part, the Commissioner representing the FCT at the Public Complaints Commission, Mr Ezekiel Dalhatu, urged the Gwari speaking tribe to live in the one place.
Not left out, the Village Head of Gbangada now Sabon Gari in Gwagwalada, Alhaji Yunusa Aliyu, thanked the people who graced the occasion.
The royal father, who graced the occasion during the General meeting/launching of forum’s Almac which took place at the University of Abuja, mini campus on Sunday.
While speaking at the occasion, the monarch advised well-meaning Nigerians to carter for orphans as well as widows in the society, and charged the management of the forum to initiate more empowerment programmes.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the ceremony, Dr Murtala Mohammed Lawal, who is also the Imam of the University of Abuja, urged the people to always be of help to the needy, so as to boost their morale in the society.
Imam lawal then commended the National leaders of the forum for impacting positively on the lives of orphans and widows, and urged them to continue with their good work.
The two guest speakers who spoke at the occasion, the lecturer with the FCT College of Education Zuba, Mallam Ahmad Ibrahim Kakaki and a renewed Islamic scholar, Mallam Umaru Faruk, they tasked Nigerians, especially the rich people to deem it necessary to take the orphans and widows along in terms of their needs.
On his speech, the National Ameer (President) of the forum, Malam Bashir Nuhu Gamagira, appealed to the general public, government at all levels and humanitarian organisations to put smiles on the faces of orphans/widows financially in our community.
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