From Chuks Collins, Awka
The South East geopolitical zone has again cried out aloud to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to halt the on-going piecemeal but extremely lopsided appointments of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government before it throws the nation into untold chaos.
The call which was made on behalf of the zone by a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Prince Chukwuka Onyema at the Airport yesterday noted that the principle of Federal Character as espoused in the nation’s Constitution was expressly aimed at avoiding such sectionally skewed appointments.
He noted that the subdivision of Nigeria into six geopolitical zones of South-East, North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-South and South-West by the regime of Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida(rtd)was for a better representation and participation in government at the Federal level and all it’s agencies.
According to the legislator, “history has shown that the South East zone, comprising Abia. Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, is grossly marginalized and shortchanged in the recruitment for employment by Federal government ministries/agencies and departments, including recruitment into law enforcement outfits, admission into educational institutions, appointments and promotions in FG offices.
Citizens from the South East zone, Prince Onyema disclosed have been acknowledged to be very industrious, enterprising and contributed immensely to preserve and protect the integrity and unity of this country more than any other zone in the country.
Adducing some examples, he noted that recently some graduate doctors from the South Eastern states who attended Housemanship employment interview in one of the Federal Government Hospitals complained bitterly that they were not taken despite performing far better than their counterparts from other zones of the country
