Igbos Accuse Buhari Again: You didn't give us ‘juicy’ ministries

Some Igbos just like to complain, no matter what you give to them they will still cry out. This is not a good way to co-exist in a country. How can a Tribe who got the portfolio of Minister of Foreign Affair; Labour and Employment; Industry, Trade and Investment; etc. start complaining again? Nawao!

Opinion leaders and socio-political associations in the South- East believe that Igbo were deliberately denied ‘juicy’ ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari in his distribution of portfolios.

Leaders of the Igbo socio-political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Njiko Igbo, another prominent pan-Igbo association, described the portfolios assigned to Igbo ministers as "disappointing"...

Speaking with PUNCH, President of Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who spoke on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said Ogbonnaya Onu and Chris Ngige deserved ‘more influential’ ministries than Science and Technology, and Labour and Productivity, respectively.

Isiguzoro said, “We are disappointed that somebody of the calibre of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was assigned to Science and Technology ministry, even Dr. Chris Ngige should have been appointed as the Health Minister instead of Labour and Productivity.

“Okechukwu Enalama should have been appointed Minister of Finance. Igbo ministers did not get juicy portfolios, except perhaps Ibe Kachikwu and Rotimi Amaechi, who are our brothers from the South-South.

“We are not happy that we did not get the juicy portfolios, although we are happy that our brothers from the Niger Delta got.

“Nevertheless, the era of impunity has gone and we expect all the Igbo ministers to perform excellently. We expect them to close ranks and work towards developing Igboland.”

On his part, President of Njiko Igbo, Reverend Okechukwu Obioha, said “Even the Foreign Affairs portfolio that was given to an Igboman (Geoffrey Onyeama) is of no consequence because already Buhari has travelled to most of the countries and he will continue to do so.

“He has travelled in six months more than the immediate past president (Jonathan) travelled in six years. So the Foreign Affairs minister will just be a rubber stamp."

- Just imagine how men who say they are educated are reasoning. How sad!