Members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, the umbrella body of cattle herders in Nigeria, have said they are prepared to work even as sweepers in the Presidential Villa. Southeast zonal leader of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, made this known while appealing to President Bola Tinubu for an appointment in his cabinet, adding that it became necessary because they prayed and voted for the President during the February 25 presidential election. According to Vanguard, the group explained that in all the boards, parastatals and other appointments made by the President so far, including the recent ministerial nominees screened by the Senate, there was no Miyetti Allah member among them. He 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 centre. “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 all the boards, parastatals and other appointments the President has made so far, no Miyetti Allah member is among them, including the recent ministerial nominees screened by the Senate. “Apart from exempting us from the N8,000 proposed palliative and other benefits of the Federal Government, the President should appoint us too, even as sweepers at the Presidential Villa we are okay with that."