The
youth wing of the apex Igbo socio- cultural organisation, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, has hailed the All Progressives Congress for zoning the office
of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the South-East
geopolitical zone.
The National President of the Ohanaeze
Youth Council, Mazi Okechukwu Isinguzoro, who gave the commendation in
an interview with our correspondent in Umuahia on Tuesday, however,
appealed to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to consider more Igbo
sons and daughters for appointment into his cabinet.
The OYC also drummed support for the
appointment of a former Abia State Governor and current chieftain of the
APC, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as the SGF, describing him as “a round peg in a
round hole”.
The organisation said although Ndigbo did
not vote massively for the APC during the elections, the tribe “parades
an army of technocrats and competent hands who cannot be ignored in the
Nigerian project.”
Isiguzoro
said the beauty of democracy was the right of electoral choice as
exemplified in the last election but stressed the need to carry all
geopolitical zones along in the allocation of key offices in the
country.
He also urged Buhari to consider for
appointment more accomplished Igbo technocrats with proven track records
such as a former Central Bank of Nigeria boss, Prof. Charles Soludo;
former Minister of Education, Dr. Obby Ezekwesiri; and the Director of
Public Communications and Strategy, Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria, Chief Udenta Udenta.
The Ohanaeze helmsman observed that
Buhari’s relationship with Ndigbo could only improve through the
appointment of credible Igbo who command the respect of the tribe into
his cabinet instead of sycophants.
He said, “It was such leaders without
electoral values that pulled down President Jonathan as they failed to
secure victory for him at the poll despite their assurance before the
elections.”
Source: The PUNCH
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