The recent appointment made by President Muhammadu Buhari has received another backlash from a pan Igbo socio-political group, the South East Town Unions.
President Buhari
The Unions said that the appointment that heavily favours the north is capable of threatening the unity of Nigeria.
According to Vanguard, the group which is a body of associations of town union in the five states of the Southeast zone said Buhari’s appointment has showed that he has a score to settle with the zone.
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One of the leaders of the group, Emeka Diwe, called on the president to live by his inauguration speech that he belongs to everybody and see the entire nation as his constituency in making his appointments.
Diwe said: “There is no doubt that the manner of President Buhari’s appointments is threatening the unity of Nigeria. There has been tension in the country since the appointments were made public. Everybody is agitated, except the core North.
“How can one explain a situation where all the appointments made by the President have been concentrated in only one zone? Buhari appears not to trust other Nigerians and this is not good for the unity of the nation.
“Did Buhari mean it when he said at his inauguration that he belongs to everybody? Recent events are proving that he didn’t mean what he said.
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“Ndigbo cannot allow themselves to be marginalized in a country where they have equal, if not greater stakes than other zones. What the President has done is akin to declaring total war on Ndigbo.”
He however disagreed with the president’s team and some chieftains of the APC that the appointments were made on merit. The community leader insisted that there are other qualified people all over the country calling on the Buhari to reverse this pattern of appointment in the interest of the country.
Meanwhile, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has begged President Buhari to consider the South-East in his next appointment saying that it is too early to start judging the president by few appointments made so far.
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Lopsided Appointment: Buhari Under Fire From Igbo Group
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