Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has
dismissed claims that President Muhammadu Buhari has marginalized people of the
Southeast.
Ngige said Igbos have held sensitive positions like the
Inspector General of Police, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Finance and Economic Planning Minister, among others.
He said despite holding sensitive positions in government,
Igbo people have failed to use their position to develop the Southwest.
Speaking in Anambra State on Monday, the Minister charged
people of the Southeast to stop blaming the president for their failures in the
Southeast.
He said: “I am not saying that giving sensitive positions to
Igbo under Buhari regime is not good.
“I am saying that Igbo people have held sensitive positions
such as the Inspector General of Police, Secretary to the Federal Government,
Finance and Economic Planning Minister, etc, but did not use the positions for
the welfare of Igbo nation.
“Igbo people in the Diaspora are angry with Nigeria because
of the kind of comments emanating from the South East over Buhari’s
appointments.
“It is not true there is no Igboman among the service
chiefs. The Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Onyenucheya is an Igbo. Chibuike
Amaechi is an Igbo. It is not even proper to tell our brothers from the
South-South that they are not Igbo people.
“They fought on the side of the Igbo during the civil war,
and they suffered casualties. Today, we are telling them they are not Igbo. It
is not good.”
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