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  NEGOTIATING THE DESTINY OF UNBORN ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA TEXT OF THE GUEST SPEAKER PRESENTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD HERITAGE DAY ORGANISED BY THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF ABUJA (OIDA) ON SATURDAY 10 TH JANUARY 2014 AT GOVERNMENT SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL KUJE BY   BARRISTER GEORGE S. KOCE The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X 1.0 OPENING I stand before you with all sense of humility and consider my role as the guest Speaker at this occasion a call to duty.    The efforts of OIDA are incontrovertibly commendable in the struggle to secure the future of the Original Inhabitants. To my mind, the conception of the Heritage Day is a bold statement in debunking the erroneous claim that FCT was a “virgin land” “empty land” and as such “No Man’s Land”. Today’s event is another important step on the path to self realization of peoples who by right are physically located in the FCT but