From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Igbo women under the banner of Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), has debunked the insinuation by the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, that President Bola Tinubu has been very fair to the South East.
Umahi had in a statement on Monday, said that the Presidency was not realizable for the South East in 2027, advising Ndigbo to rather support President Tinubu in 2027 elections.
However, IWA expressed disappointment over the positions by Umahi and Kenneth Okonkwo, who also toed the line of the Minister of Works in a statement, dismissing both views as not the true position of the people of the South East.
The National President of IWA, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, in a statement, challenged the Minister “to publish what President Tinubu has done specially for the South East to confirm the imaginary special love he has for Ndigbo”.
She said the difference between President Tinubu and his predecessors is yet to be seen regarding Igbo marginalisation especially in political appointments.
“May we remind Umahi that Tinubu has not shown that he is different from Buhari in sidelining Ndigbo from political appointments. Is Umahi not aware that two out of five Ministers from South East in Tinubu’s cabinet are junior Ministers at a time one state in South West has three Ministers?
“Can Umahi publish the names of people from South East appointed heads of federal agencies and parastatals by Tinubu for us to know he has been fair to us more than other zones? If he so much loves Ndigbo as Umahi claims: Why is our son Mazi Nnamdi Kanu still in detention over two years he came to power?
” If President Tinubu truly loves Ndigbo the way Umahi claims, why is Enugu-Aba rail track still inactive? We hope Umahi is aware that every geopolitical zone now has regional development commission.”
The group advised Umahi and others to learn fast from their counterparts from other zones “who know how to place regional interests above personal gains.”
IWA urged Igbo political elite “to stop destroying themselves”, arguing that “If Peter Obi was able to poll over 6 million votes in 2023 without structure, how much more now with the building momentum of the coalition movement”.
IWA, advised the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC), not to make the mistake of not considering a Southerner for its presidential ticket, arguing that the coalition will naturally lose the support of the South if it fields a Northern presidential candidate in 2027.
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