The Gongola People’s Forum (GPF) has stated that it fully supports Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s decision to appoint new chiefs and emirs as well as create new chiefdoms and emirates in Adamawa State.
The group praised the governor for reestablishing the indigenous people’s traditional cultural rights, which had been violated by indirect authority throughout the colonial era.
This was disclosed by GPF National Secretary Barrister Leonard Nzadon during a press conference on Monday in Yola.
“Governor Fintiri has blazed a widely followed route toward liberty that perfectly aligns with GPF’s principles. For this reason, we cautioned troublemakers who believe they are above the law to be careful this time around earlier in this movement,” Nzadon stated.
The Gongola People’s Forum (GPF) has stated that it fully supports Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s decision to appoint new chiefs and emirs as well as create new chiefdoms and emirates in Adamawa State.
The group praised the governor for reestablishing the indigenous people’s traditional cultural rights, which had been violated by indirect authority throughout the colonial era.
This was disclosed by GPF National Secretary Barrister Leonard Nzadon during a press conference on Monday in Yola.
“Governor Fintiri has blazed a widely followed route toward liberty that perfectly aligns with GPF’s principles. For this reason, we cautioned troublemakers who believe they are above the law to be careful this time around earlier in this movement,” Nzadon stated.
He added that the people of Gongola had long been subjected to feudal serfdom under the previous administration.
He further explained that the creation of the new chiefdoms and emirates would empower the indigenous people, enabling them to break free from the prison of colonialism and self-imposed leadership.”
He added, “No one should be under the kind of feudal serfdom that the indigenous people of Gongola were subjected to during the previous dispensation, which we thought to have been terminated by the introduction of our constitutional democracy a long time ago.”
Nzadon also rejected claims that Governor Fintiri’s reforms were designed to target any particular group within the state, calling such accusations mischievous.
According to him, the governor’s actions benefit the state as a whole, particularly those who had been historically sidelined by previous leadership structures.
“We in GPF believe that the governor has helped the party that benefitted from the dismantled system by doing what they thought to have willingly surrendered decades ago,” he stated.
Recall that on 10 December, the state House of Assembly passed the “Adamawa State Chiefs (Appointment and Deposition) and matters incidental thereto” bill into law, a day after the executive bill was presented to it.
Governor Fintiri signed the law on 16 December.
The newly created chiefdoms and emirates are: Hoba Chiefdom with headquarters in Hong (2nd-Class Status); Madagali Chiefdom with headquarters in Gulak (2nd-Class Status; Michika Chiefdom with headquarters in Michika (2nd-Class Status;
Fufore Emirate with headquarters in Fufore (2nd-Class Status; Gombi Chiefdom with headquarters in Gombi (3rd-Class Status; Maiha Emirate with headquarters in Maiha (3rd-Class Status);Yungur Chiefdom with headquarters in Dumne (3rd-Class Status).
