A member of the House of Representatives from Abuja who represents Gwagwalada, Kuje, Abaji and Kwali Federal Constituency has said that Abuja people would take advantage of the constitution review to seek more constituencies and ensure they get full compensation as a result of relocation of the federal capital to their land.

Isa Edgah Dobi expressed concern that while only 20 percent of Abuja indigenes were compensated by the Federal Government during the relocation of the federal capital to Abuja, the plight of indigenous people is pitiable requiring urgent attention from the Federal Government

"Very few people, not up to 20 percent, were compensated by the Federal Government. The records are there. Officially, very few people from Maitama, Wuse and some parts of Bwari were compensated and moved out of their area," he told journalists in Abuja yesterday.

He said while the decision to relocate the nation's capital to the present day Abuja would have been done in good faith the fact remains that the indigenous people were not properly taken care of.

"Their life is miserable. They live in poverty while others live fat because of that land. How do you come and take away our father's land, build houses worth millions of Naira, enjoying light, steady water supply with sufficient infrastructure and good healthcare services and then build sub standard two and one bed-room houses for the indigenous people whose lands were taken away by the government," he said.

He traced the problem of government's failure to pay adequate compensation to the indigenes to the time of General Olusegun Obasanjo while he was head of state, saying the problem has now compounded leading to a very miserable life for the indigenes of the area.

At that time, he said, government was reported to have said that it has no money to pay up the compensation and that nobody would be forced to vacate his house or relocate to any where until he was fully compensated. "Now the problem has compounded and the indigenes are the ones that bear the brunt", he said.

"As far as we are concerned compensation to the indigenes of Abuja was not done fully and adequately. Those that were compensated were no longer in Abuja. They have moved to their new settlements, but we have to look for new ways to ensure that adequate compensation of our people is done by the government", he also said.

He said the people are not satisfied with the present arrangement where everybody in the country is represented in the federal cabinet with the exception of people from Abuja whose status is not that of a state but whose land was taken away to pave way for a federal capital. He said for fair play, government should consider providing a Mayor for Abuja along side the administrative arrangement to take care of the increasing need of the people in the area.