By Austin Ogwuda
Ngwu, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Enugu disclosed that he and the other Southeast Senators were uncomfortable with the five ministerial appointments give to the region, saying that they were already dialoguing to ensure there is equity.
He said that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio had already waded into the matter.
His words: “His Excellency Senator Akpabio is a man who works his talk. We don’t have any doubt as to his intervention because he assured us he is going to take it up with President Bola Tinubu to redress the injustice.
“We see it as an injustice to the Southeast and we have spoken. So, we will be patient to know the feedback the Senate President is going to give back to us. We are not going to rest. We will continue to talk about it until the Southeast is given its due place in Nigeria.
“In fact, some zones have 10 ministers. But in the southeast, we have only five. I think it is the height of injustice. But we will keep negotiating and dialoguing.
“Nigeria”, he continued, “has a Constitution with which the Federation is governed. However, sentiments can come in. And when they come in, you ask the government to look at it from that angle.
“If the President has met the Constitutional requirements, we will ask him to look at the sentimental requirements too so that all of us will feel carried along”, Senator Ngwu further stated.
