Tambuwal: Buhari Short-changed S’East

Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal yesterday promised that he would run an all-inclusive government if elected.

Speaking with members of the party in Imo, Tambuwal said President Muhammadu Buhari short-changed the South-east by not appointing people from the region into key government positions.

The Sokoto governor said the people in the geo-political zone “feel marginalised and excluded from Buhari’s administration.”

He said: “Buhari has shortchanged the south-east. I was the one who advised Saraki to choose Ike Ekweremadu to become his deputy in 2015. There is a complete case of exclusion of the people of the south-east,” he said.

“The heads of the ten most important parastatals are not from the south-east, including the CBN governor. None of the service chiefs is from the south-east.

“The president, the vice president, the senate president, the deputy senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives and his deputy are not from the south-east.

“Under my watch, that cannot happen. Every part of this country will be carried along,” the Sokoto governor promised.

Describing the people in the southeastasbeingindustrial,Tambuwalsaid they will be appointed into strategic positions if he is elected president.

“South-east and Imo state in particular can’t be excluded. The PDP will win back Imo when I become president. Igbo people are industrial. You will find a partner in me,” he said.

“We are working together with our brothers in Sokoto. We have restored normalcy now in Sokoto state. I will be a president for all Nigerians.”