The Ogu/Egun ethnic nationality in the Badagry area of Lagos State, under the aegis of Gunuvi Rights Initiative of Nigeria, has protested against their exclusion from the national conference being convened by the Federal Government.
The group said the state government marginalised Badagry indigenes by excluding them from the list of six persons sent to represent the state at the national conference.
The National President of GRIN, Mr. Bokoh Oluwole and Secretary-General, Mr. Ogunbiyi Isaac, in a letter to Governor BabatundeRajiFashola, dated March 4, said the representation of Lagos State in the confab should have reflected the cultural and ethnic configuration of the state.
The letter entitled: “Unfair exclusion of Ogu/Egun ethnic nationality from Lagos State list of names to the national confab,” was obtained by SUNDAY PUNCH in Abuja.
GRIN said Ogu/Egun ethnic nationality which “constitutes the pivot of western civilisation in Nigeria,” deserves a place of pride in matters of national significance.
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