Osita Ngwu, the senator who represents the Enugu West senatorial zone, has stated that he and other senators from the southeast do not agree with the five ministerial selections made for the area.
The senator claimed that his colleagues and he will continue to push for more ministerial positions for the area.
This was said by Ngwu to reporters in Enugu.
The senator declared their unwavering confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s ability to sympathetically respond to their call for more ministry positions.
But he said that they will use discussion to accomplish their goal rather than becoming combative about the circumstance.
Ngwu lamented that while some zones had as many as 10 slots, Southeast is allotted only five, highlighting the senators’ decision that the region would no longer be ignored but rather handled equitably.
He said: “His Excellency Senator Akpabio is a man who works his talk. We don’t have any doubt as to his intervention because he assured us he is going to take it up with President Bola Tinubu to redress the injustice. We see it as an injustice to the Southeast and we have spoken.
“So, we will be patient to know the feedback the Senate president is going to give back to us. We are not going to rest. We will continue to talk about it until the Southeast is given its due place in Nigeria.
“In fact, some zones have 10 ministers. But in the southeast, we have only five. I think it is the height of injustice. But we will keep negotiating and dialoguing.
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“Nigeria has a constitution with which the federation is governed. However, sentiments can come in. And when they come in, you ask the government to look at it from that angle.
“If the president has met the constitutional requirements, we will ask him to look at the sentimental requirements too so that all of us will feel carried along.”
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