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| Dr. Chris Ngige |
MINISTER of Labour and
Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, was on Monday booed over his attempts to defend
appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari as most of the attendees
vehemently rejected all his explanations unanimously in loud voices insisting
that the South-east geopolitical zone is grossly marginalized by the present administration.
Ngige, who was in the Enugu at the
Town Hall meeting for the South-East region organised by the Federal Ministry
of Information and Culture had tried to defend President Buhari’s appointments,
stressing that a leader who takes responsibility of service delivery should be
allowed to work with a team he believes in...
However, this statement rather
than calming the situation escalated it with clear resistance from the people who
said that President Buhari has impliedly divided the country already and only
presides over the North since the federal character provided for in the constitution
to promote unity has been overlooked.
Apart from the appointment, some others
at the event expressed displeasure at the level of neglect they said the region
was facing including on infrastructural development stating that the region is sidelined
on federal presence.
At this juncture, Governor Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi of Enugu called on Buhari-led government to fulfill its promises to
the people of the zone particularly by attending to epileptic power supply, bad
roads in the region and resuscitating of the Ugwuoba Gas Field in Oji River
local government area of the state.
“I recall the President’s campaign
promise to revive the coal mines in Enugu and utilise it to generate
electricity.
“Coal is a major energy source in
some countries of the world and we have it in abundance in the state. If this
is done it will directly or indirectly create job opportunities for millions of
Nigerians”, Ugwuanyi said.
Furthermore, Archbishop Chukwuma frowned
over the purported warned removal of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate
President.
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