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The umbrella body of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze yesterday frowned at the continued refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a South-Easterner the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) even after the ruling party zoned it to the region.
The body, in a statement by its President-General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, said that the President has failed again to play a father-figure which his office demands in presiding over a plural and divergent society as ours.
The body pointed out that the action has further denied the people of the region a strong place in the executive arm of the administration.
Ohanaeze expressed regret that the President, by his action has failed to seize the opportunity of running an inclusive government and assuaging the feelings of Ndigbo by side-tracking them again in the appointment of the SGF.
The body said: “It also shows the President’s insensitivity to the over-flogged issue of marginalization of Ndigbo by his administration.
“We had thought that the recent meeting of South East leaders with the President at the Aso Rock Villa opened an avenue for a new relationship with the zone which appointing an SGF from the area would have helped to cement especially as the ruling party originally zoned the position to the region.”
Ohanaeze noted that the President’s remarks on the South East Ministers in his cabinet during the meeting could not have been a good reason to continue side-tracking them of position zoned to them especially when such appointment would have helped to heal wounds and reconcile a disgruntled people.
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