By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The Gaambe-Tiev community of Tiv extraction in Taraba State, on Sunday began a move to stimulate unity among Tiv clans, to attract development.
The community under the umbrella of Gaambe-Tiev Association Taraba State, disclosed during her fund raising meeting for the construction of a community hall in Jalingo, that the idea was to enable the community have a permanent meeting point where progressive ideas would be shared to transform the community, and regularly discussed unity of the people.
Elder Joseph Ayerhan, the president Gaambe-Tiev Association Taraba state, noted during the occasion that the idea became necessary since unity among the Tiv ethnic in Taraba was Paramount to attract development.
According to Ayerhan, the association found it difficult to reunite the Tiv’s as one people in Taraba, and have decided to narrow the unity steps to her clan and serve as a challenge to others to unite for the overall development of the Tiv ethnic in the state.
Elder Ayerhan expressed that the desire was to reunite the Tiv ethnic as one people in Taraba, collectively share transformative ideas that would benefit the youths.
“As a Progressive minded people, we the Gaambe-Tiev Community have taken the decision to unite and attract development. We believe that unity is key to attract development of any kind.
“The decision to build our association’s hall is to enable the Gaambe-Tiev Community have a permanent meeting point where progressive ideas would regularly be shared for the development of our people.
“Our desire is to challenge other Tiv clan to unite. We wish to become one united Tiv people of Taraba to achieve greatness,” Ayerhan disclosed.
Guest speaker of the occasion, Prof. Samuel Apinega, of faculty of Law, Amadu Belo University Zaria, commended the Gaambe-Tiev Community for her distinguish decision to attract unity for the development of Tivs in Taraba.
Prof. Apinega lamented the sentiment of sectionalism among Tivs in the state, that has degraded the ethic reputation, and negatively affecting the young People’s developmental desires.
The university Don appealed for sustainability of the unity effort, and call on other Tiv clans to emulate the Gaambe-Tiev’s idea to reunite the Tivs as one people in Taraba state to achieve greatness.
Meanwhile, the district head of Mbawaa, Wukari local government, HRH. Zaki Samuel Naan, pledged on behalf of all traditional rulers in Gaambe-Tiev to remain supportive in ensuring that the association succeed in her quest for unity among Tiv in Taraba state.
