The All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East zone has called on Ndigbo to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari, maintaining that from every indication, every region of the country would receive equal and fair treatment.
The party made this acknowledgement in a statement by its Zonal Spokesman, Osita Okechukwu, on Friday.
According to Mr Okechukwu, “the appointment of Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Engr. Dennis Ajulu as GMD and GED Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) respectively, and enlistment of Enugu Airport among those to be upgraded, are clear indication and demonstration that Mr. President bears no grudge against Ndigbo for not voting for him”.
Okechukwu recalled that South-East APC earlier issued statements assuring Ndigbo in general that President Buhari would not marginalize them for not voting for him and therefore urged Ndigbo to disregard gossip-terrorists and ethnic merchants who peddle the falsehood that President Buhari hates Ndigbo.
Okechukwu further recalled that in the same vein, they gave details of the various meetings President Buhari held with Igbo leaders in the course of the presidential campaign, where he made his commitments and that on 7th November, 2014, he personally wrote to Ohaneze Ndigbo.
According to him, President Buhari had then appealed that “since I cannot assume to know all the pressing issues facing Ndigbo or what Ndigbo expect of the new Nigeria we wish to build; I would greatly appreciate if you could kindly arrange a consultative meeting with Ohaneze Ndigbo where we could discuss and try to determine how this could best be done. I considered it pertinent to hold consultations with all communities nationwide in order to build a mutually acceptable national consensus. Needless to add, no national consultation will be complete or meaningful without a meeting with the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo”.
Okechukwu also expressed the belief of South-East APC in the profound inaugural statement of President Buhari that “he belongs to everybody”.
He, however, said like Oliver Twist, “South-East APC appeals to Mr. President to note the dilapidated federal roads in the South East zone, 2nd Niger Bridge, revamping of Enugu Coal, resolution of the tangle between Geometric Power and Interstate Electric in Aba, among others”.
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