That 15 out 17 ministers of the Federal Capital Territory have been northerners has almost made some Nigerians to forget the status, and reasons for its creation in 1976. Flowing from Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s recent outburst, GODWIN IJEDIOGOR aggregates the views of stakeholders who insist that every Nigerian has the right to hold sway in the country’s capital as prescribed by law.
If there were prior arguments regarding the status of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, they must have been in hushed tones, but the recent outburst by Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi that the city is part of northern Nigeria and must be administered by a Moslem has generated heated controversy among various ethnic groups in the country.
