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From Fred Itua, Abuja
Ethnic minorities from Borno South senatorial district, have called on President-elect, Bola Tinubu and vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, to consider the appointment of one of their own as member of the Federal Executive Council.
The indigenes who spoke through a group, Civil Society Groups for Good Governance (CSGGG), said they needed to be reassured that religion or tribe would not be major factors in selecting appointees in the incoming administration.
President of the group, Ogakwu Dominic Ogakwu, lamented that Southern Borno has suffered national and state marginalisation over the years.
He said: “Speaking of the ministerial configuration, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-President-elect Kashim Shettima, must be seen to be deliberately institutionalising equity, fairness and justice, so as to wean itself from the current baggage of nepotism that characterizes federal appointments in the outgoing APC government.
“It is against this backdrop of call for balancing and inclusivity, that concerned Nigerians under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society, hereby throw their weight behind the appointment of a Southern Borno person as a federal minister in the incoming administration. Our support is because, for decades the southern senatorial district of Borno has suffered political inequality, injustice and exclusion in terms of state and national affairs.
“It is on record that Southern Borno has suffered and continues to suffer national and state marginalisation till date. The more politically advantaged Central and Northern Borno cabal, have such a stranglehold on the political equation in the state, that they continue to hijack all political offices in the state – especially the plum job of the state governorship, which has eluded the people of Southern Borno for decades despite their aspirations and contributions.”
