APC Zoning - South-South Group Cries Out to Buhari Over Marginalisation

As the All Progressive Congress (APC)-led government puts finishing touches to appointments at the federal level, the South - South Community, Abuja chapter, has cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari over marginalization of the zone.

The group decried in strong terms the outright marginalization of the South-South geo-political zone of the country.

Speaking to journalists, President of the group and former FCT Commissioner of Police, Compol. Lawrence Alobi (rtd.) has expressed worry over the lopsidedness of the appointments made so far.

He said with the North West taking the position of the president, North Central, Senate President, North East, Speaker of the House of Representatives, South East, Deputy Senate President, South West, vice president and Deputy Speaker respectively, only the south-south has been left out of the scheme of things.

Alobi argued: "While the president is free to stick with the best individuals with cerebral potentials, the present outlook of leadership at the federal level as reflected is with seeming national spread except that the south-south is yet to be integrated."

He maintained that it will be in the best interest of the nation if the south-south is also considered in the leadership hierarchy of appointment at the federal level.

The group further stressed that the allocation of the Office of the Secretary to the Federation (SGF) to the zone will lend credence to the aspirations of the APC leg government, as a party that adheres to the tenets of justice, fairness, equity and national unity.

The appeal came on the heels of several intrigues within the APC over the SGF slot and other ministerial appointment, with the South East and South-South favoured to get the position of SGF.

The name of APC chieftain and former Governor of Abia State, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu has been mentioned prominently as the likely candidate for the plum job.