Contrary to popular opinion that President Muhammadu Buhari all but cares for the Igbo extraction of the country, a group has stated the reverse as being the case.
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari loves the people of the South-East more than all his predecessors in office.
The council’s President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said this in an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital.
He was reacting to a statement credited to the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, that Buhari was promoting ethnic division in the country.
He said, “President Buhari loves the Igbos more than any other President Nigeria ever had.
“In 2003, he picked the late Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate. In 2011, he picked Edwin Ume-Ezeoke under the ANPP as his running mate.
“He has shown so much love for the Igbos. Buhari believes in one Nigeria, against what people like Nwodo are saying.
“We believe that the President will do everything possible not to allow those who feel aggrieved by their past misfortune to ruin the fortune of the country.”
Isiguzoro added that Buhari loves the people of South-East despite that the zone is traditionally for the Peoples Democratic Party.
He claimed that some state governors will soon join the APC
President Muhammadu Buhari has said industrial actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities are inimical to the health and progress of the higher institutions in Nigeria.
According to the President, the action was worrisome and disheartening.
He stated this at the 41st convocation ceremony of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, at the weekend.
“It is only when there is peace and stability, that government is able to consolidate the gains and successes recorded in the advancement of higher education in this country,” he said.
Buhari was represented by the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rashid.
The President noted that industrial actions cause loss of time in learning hours by young men and women; in their quest to graduate and join the nation-building.
“I am appealing to leadership and rank and file of all Universities-based unions to be more sensitive in their pursuit of welfare and other demands in the University,” he added.
Buhari said that since assumption of office, his administration has accorded and continued to invest substantially in the education sector.
He said despite finance challenges, his government had not relented in its determination to ensure that education was revitalised to gain access to global civilization in the twenty-first century.