President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Igbos in the country cannot claim that they are marginalised because certain key officers in his administration are from the South East.
President Buhari during a live media chat yesterday said Igbos haven’t been able to define the extent of their supposed marginalisation.
He said “When I have Boko Haram, I have the militants, and now Biafra, they say they are marginalised, but they didn’t define the extent of their marginalisation. Who is marginalizing them? Do you know? Marginalised how? Who is Minister of State for Petroleum, is he not Igbo?
“ Who is the CBN governor, is he not Igbo? Who is the Minister of Labour, Is he not Igbo? Who is the Minister of Science and Technology, is he not Igbo? Who is the state minister of education, is he not Igbo. So what do they want?”
On the issue of unemployment, he said “We said agriculture and solid minerals are the easiest way to get people employed and our budget would show that. We have virtually all forms of solid minerals across Nigeria.
“We would employ youth, give them crash programme on Education and send them to teach at Primary schools.”
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