Gidan Mangoro residents cry out to AMAC over amenities

By Abubakar Sani, Abuja

Residents of Gidan Mangoro, a suburb in the Karu Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) to, as a matter of urgency, provide social amenities such as roads, water and electricity to the community especially against the backdrop of the relocation of residents of Anguwan Mada, which was demolished last week, to the village.

Spokesman of the community, Mr. John Danjuma, who is also the Galadima of Gidan Mangoro, told Kapital News in Abuja, last week, that the massive movement of people from Anguwan Mada has led to an increase in demand on the only stream, which serves the community, a situation, which he said, could lead to outbreak of an epidemic.

"Government has promised that roads, electricity and water would be provided before these people come here but we have not seen any of these things", Mr. Danjuma said.

He also appealed to AMAC chairman, Dr. Zaphaniah Jisalo to fulfill his earlier promise to build a skills acquisition centre in the community to house training kits donated by the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF). The training kits, which include sewing and knitting machines among others, are now laying waste in the chief’s palace due to the unavailability of a building to house them.

Another resident, Mr. Israel Gwamna, Dan Masanin Gidan Mangoro however thanked authorities of Loyola Jesuit College for providing electricity to the community through a transformer which was recently installed.

He further explained that materials for hand-operated borehole have been supplied to the community by UNICEF but AMAC has not come forward to provide the necessary infrastructure to enable the community benefit from the project.

Also speaking, Mr. Forcados Oyebo, who said he hails from Delta State lamented that Gidan Mangoro community has been neglected, saying "now that our population is going to increase with the coming of these people, we appeal to both AMAC and FCTA to provide these facilities urgently".