Nigeria’s presidency on Friday
lambasted people of the South-east, declaring that Minister of Labour, Chris
Nigige, would have emerged Senate President, if he was re-elected as Senator.
Former Kwara governor, Bukola
Saraki, also a member of the ruling APC, is the current leader of the country’s
federal legislature.
This position of the presidency
is contained in an article titled ‘Wise men still come from the East’ written
by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina.
The essay was a review of
President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Ebonyi and Anambra states on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
He lamented that the South-east,
aside ignoring Buhari whom he said got meagre votes from the region, failed to
seize the opportunity to clinch Senate Presidency.
Adesina wrote, “To make matters
worse, the East had refused to re-elect its own son, Dr Chris Ngige, as
senator. If Ngige had been given a mandate, he would have effortlessly emerged
Senate President, and see what the region would have benefitted.
“But the large number opted for
self-immolation, voted Ngige out, and later began to scream marginalization.
But if you ask me, it was a self-inflicted wound. Result of poor politics.
“You know what the mistakes of
2015 did to Ndigbo? It consigned them to perpetual opposition politics, playing
in the periphery. For such an illustrious and enterprising people, that was
unfortunate, if not tragic.
“If they continued that way,
there was no silver lining in the sky for the future. Nigeria is configured in
a way that the person who builds the largest coalition is the one who can
emerge President.
”The Igbo should naturally
produce the President one day, that is what fairness demands. But how would
that ever happen, if they continued to play poor politics? If you continue to
swim in small pools, you stand the risk of being submerged in bigger waters.
But now, things are changing. The wise men are making a difference.”
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