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| JONATHAN |
Middle Belt Dialogue, made up of
minority groups in the North on Wednesday, accused President Goodluck
Jonathan of betraying them by not recognising and appointing their own
people into government, preferring to empower those planning his
downfall in 2015.
The group also accused the President of
neglecting Middle Belt communities that were affected by the
post-election violence of 2011 despite voting enmasse for him during the
elections.
They noted that out of about 22
ministers appointed by the President from the 19 northern states, only
five of them were appointed from local governments that actually
supported and voted for him during the elections.
In a statement by Emma Alamo on behalf
of the group’s Central Committee, the body wondered why the President
decided to marginalise them after giving him all their support and
preferred instead to “hobnob with those that promised to make the
country ungovernable for him.”
They were reacting to the nomination of
the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2011
elections in Kebbi state, Kabiru Turaki as a minister representing the
state in place of Gen. Ben Ushe who was earlier proposed for the
position following the sacking of Halilu Bello Mohammed as Minister of
Defence.
The statement said, “Jonathan has gone
out of his way to placate those who vigorously, albeit violently,
opposed his election as President of the Federal Republic, and promised
to make the country ungovernable, should he win the 2011 election.”
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