Appointments: Ngige booed for defending Buhari in Enugu
Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:11:pm Politics
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It was a rough day for the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige on Monday as stakeholders at a South East Town Hall Meeting booed as he defended President Muhammadu Buhari's appointments.
The meeting was organised by the Federal Government for the South East zone in Enugu to showcase its achievements to the people.
But Ngige incurred the anger of the people when he attempted to defend Buhari over his appointments since he assumed office.
The hall was filled with shouts of "No! No!" as Ngige took turn to speak on Buhari's performance to the audience who largely believed that Ndigbo are marginalised by the Federal Government.
Ngige was specifically responding to the criticisms of Buhari's non-appointment of an Igbo as one of the service chiefs when the crowd booed him.
The meeting was attended by leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, traditional rulers, members of the National Assembly from the zone, among others.
He did not give up as he said: "We (the Igbo) must have to put on our thinking caps; we don't have to cry and wallow in self-pity.
"If tomorrow President Buhari says I want to do a constitutional conference', I can assure you that whatever you lobby for and get in the conference will be fully implemented," he said.
In his address, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State appealed to President Buhari to fulfill the electioneering promise to revive the Enugu coal mines.
Ugwuanyi said that the appeal had become imperative following the epileptic power supply in the country.
He said that the poor state of electricity in the country was discouraging investments.
The governor also urged the Federal Government to make substantial investments in the Ugwuoba Gas Field in Oji River Local Government Area.
"I recall the President's campaign promise to revive the coal mines in Enugu and utilise it to generate electricity. Coal is a major energy source in some countries of the world and we have it in abundance in the state. If this is done it will directly or indirectly create job opportunities for millions of Nigerians," he said.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that for the first time about 70 percent of the over N500 billion raised from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee in June came from the non-oil sector, while 30 percent came from the oil industry.
He said that "to those who have been mocking our change agenda, we say let them continue to entertain themselves, but we remain undaunted because this change is irreversible."
Mohammed noted that even as change is a process and not an "instant coffee", it has begun to manifest in many ways, touching on the war against corruption, accountability in governance and the economy, among others.
The ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama; Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah; Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu and the Minister of State for Environment and Mallam Ibrahim Usman Jibril attended the Town Hall Meeting.
The meeting was organised by the Federal Government for the South East zone in Enugu to showcase its achievements to the people.
But Ngige incurred the anger of the people when he attempted to defend Buhari over his appointments since he assumed office.
The hall was filled with shouts of "No! No!" as Ngige took turn to speak on Buhari's performance to the audience who largely believed that Ndigbo are marginalised by the Federal Government.
Ngige was specifically responding to the criticisms of Buhari's non-appointment of an Igbo as one of the service chiefs when the crowd booed him.
The meeting was attended by leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, traditional rulers, members of the National Assembly from the zone, among others.
He did not give up as he said: "We (the Igbo) must have to put on our thinking caps; we don't have to cry and wallow in self-pity.
"If tomorrow President Buhari says I want to do a constitutional conference', I can assure you that whatever you lobby for and get in the conference will be fully implemented," he said.
In his address, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State appealed to President Buhari to fulfill the electioneering promise to revive the Enugu coal mines.
Ugwuanyi said that the appeal had become imperative following the epileptic power supply in the country.
He said that the poor state of electricity in the country was discouraging investments.
The governor also urged the Federal Government to make substantial investments in the Ugwuoba Gas Field in Oji River Local Government Area.
"I recall the President's campaign promise to revive the coal mines in Enugu and utilise it to generate electricity. Coal is a major energy source in some countries of the world and we have it in abundance in the state. If this is done it will directly or indirectly create job opportunities for millions of Nigerians," he said.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that for the first time about 70 percent of the over N500 billion raised from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee in June came from the non-oil sector, while 30 percent came from the oil industry.
He said that "to those who have been mocking our change agenda, we say let them continue to entertain themselves, but we remain undaunted because this change is irreversible."
Mohammed noted that even as change is a process and not an "instant coffee", it has begun to manifest in many ways, touching on the war against corruption, accountability in governance and the economy, among others.
The ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama; Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah; Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu and the Minister of State for Environment and Mallam Ibrahim Usman Jibril attended the Town Hall Meeting.
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