Nominating 5 Igbo Ministers is Unfair and Unjust – Ohaneze Indigbo Faults Tinubu’s Nomination. The Ohaneze indigbo, a leading Igbo cultural group, has expressed its dissatisfaction with Tinubu’s nomination of only five Igbo ministers.
In a statement on Thursday, the President-General of the group noted that, it’s discriminatory and unfair to give five ministerial openings to the south east region.
He argued that this is a clear sign of injustice, as the Igbo people make up a significant percentage of the population and deserve more representation in government.
President Tinubu’s list of 48 nominees for confirmation contains only five people from the South East region. This is a significant decrease from the previous administration, where there were a higher number of nominees from the South East.
The five nominees includes; Nkiru Onyejiocha (Abia), Uju Ohaneye (Anambra), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Uche Nnaji (Enugu) and Doris Uzoka (Imo).
“The Recall that the states and geopolitical zones were created by the military administrations. All honest Nigerians know that the Igbo did not play much part during this exercise. As a result, the South East was shortchanged with five (5) states while other zones have a minimum of six (6) states. This situation has placed the South East in a very difficult position, politically, economically, and socially.
Our political power has been reduced as we have a few senators and also in the House of Representatives; governors, house of Assembly, and local governments. In federal revenue allocation, the South East is denied the revenue that comes on the basis of states. In federal board appointments and other resource distributions, we are strategically shortchanged.
We wish to observe that this situation was not caused by the current administration but we however appeal to His Excellency, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR to help us remedy the situation and restore justice, equity and fairness in Nigeria.
We pray the Almighty to bless and prosper our country, Nigeria and give our leaders the wisdom and knowledge to steer the ship of the Nigerian nation to peace, happiness and prosperity for all Nigerians irrespective of ethnicity, creed and political persuasion.” the statement read.
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