Gindiri Town & Its People
Gindiri is a town in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state it has basic facilities such as pipe-borne water, electricity supply, a post office, an Area Court, a Comprehensive Health centre (branch of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH), a Police Station, a Market held every Saturday, some tarred roads, some Churches and Mosques.
The Major ethnic group of Gindiri is the Pyem, who are friendly and accommodating. It has a Chiefdom known as the Pyem Chiefdom headed by a second-class chief known as the Sum Pyem, who is overall head of the Pyem Chiefdom.There are subordinate graded chiefs known as Sum Gindiri,Sum Langai, and Sum Chanso, who are lower in rank then the Sum Pyem. Below them are other titled chiefs, anyone of whom is known as a Rit. Next in hierarchy of the traditional rulers below the position of Rit, is the village head or Dakachi and the ward head of Mai-angwa.
Other ethnic groups in Gindiri are the Ngas, the Rumada, the Rumada, the Kadung, the Bijim, the Fulani and the Mupun. The town is made up of five suburbs: Mission Compound, Angwan Pada, Kwergoro, Sabon Barki, Tongzong and Nagwak.
Second only to Jos, Gindiri has the highest number of educational institutions in the town. There are: four LEA Primary Schools, (Dem. School inclusive) COCIN Staff Children School, (also COCIN are the following five) School for Blind Children,Comprehensive College, Boys Secondary School, Girls` High School, and College of Theology. Then there are Government Secondary School (Bwalbwang), College Staff School, Pyem Community Secondary School, Nyango Academy (Nursery and Primary), Sunnih Academy (Nursery and Primary), and, of course, our enviable College of Education.
Gindiri is surrounded by smaller towns such as Langai, Kadunu, Badni, Chanso and Pumbush (Kasuwan Ali).Mangu, the headquartersseat of the local government, is the nearest big town to Gindiri, and it is about 10km south of the college permanent site.
The permanent site is bounded by the Mission Compound, Sabon Barki, Pumbush (Kasuwan Ali) and Nagwak suburbs, to the north, west, south and east espectively. Some of the notable tourst attractions are the Dutsen Lamba and the cradle of the Pyem people at pyemgiji.
