Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have proposed that Kwali be made the capital when the territory is given a state status.
The Etsu of Kwali, Mr Luka Nizassan III, disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Kwali, the headquarters of Kwali Area Council.
The Etsu said that a document had been submitted for the review of the 1999 Constitution to give FCT a state status.
He said in the proposal, submitted by the original inhabitants of FCT and other stakeholders, Kwali should be made the headquarters of the state.
The traditional ruler also appealed to the Federal Government to establish a tertiary institution in Kwali, to fast track development in the area council.
According to him, by FCT master plan, Kwali is the educational hub for the territory, hence the siting of National Educational Research and Development Council, an institution responsible for developing educational curriculums, in the area.
He added that the National Mathematical Centre, Sheda Science and Technology and National Seed Council are all located in Kwali as the original educational zone for the FCT.
“These institutions are set up to support tertiary institutions, to support research because they have facilities that are supposed to aid and also provide tertiary non-degree programmes.
“The University of Abuja was located in Gwagwalada because Kwali was formally the headquarters of Gwagwalada Area Council.
“This is why I am appealing for the establishment of a tertiary institution in Kwali to support already established institutions in the council, ’he pleaded.
Nizassan specifically appealed to the Federal Government to consider siting the recently approved FCT Federal Polytechnic in Kwali.
According to him, Kwali has what it takes in terms of structures and land for a polytechnic to be located in the council.
The Etsu said they were willing to donate
the Federal Technical College, Kwali as take off infrastructure for the Polytechnic.
