Members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) have pleaded with President Bola Tinubu not to forsake them in the ongoing appointments, saying they were even ready to work as sweepers in Aso Rock, the seat of power in the country.
This was made known by the Southeast zonal leader of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, who said the call became pertinent because cattle breeders across the country prayed and voted for the President during the February 25 presidential election.
Siddikki said, “We are demanding appointments from Tinubu’s government. Even if it is as office sweepers, we are okay with it. All we want is for us to be part of the government at the center.
“During the election, to my knowledge, my people voted for President Tinubu because his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari, told my people to vote for him, and they all did so.
“We prayed, supported, endorsed, and did everything politically possible to ensure his victory. So he should not abandon us.
“In the appointments that the President has made so far, no Miyetti Allah member is among them, including the recently-screened ministerial nominees.
“In addition to the N8,000 proposed for palliative care and other benefits of the government, he should appoint us too, even as sweepers at the Presidential Villa.”
