Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi State says President Muhammadu Buhari is unaware of most critical issues taking place in Nigeria.
According to him, the president should not be held responsible for many ugly developments in the country since there are things that happen that he does not know.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television, Umahi said Buhari is not present in states and has no idea what happens, adding that the president could not have known when an Igbo person is denied a promotion or appointment.
He said: “My position is this: there are certain things that happen in this country that the president, even the minister, will not be aware of. When, in a particular ministry, someone from the South-East is due for appointment or promotion, and he is not appointed, how will Mr President know about this?
“My position is that we should articulate all our grievances. And let the youths give us the opportunity and the chance to engage the centre (Buhari’s regime). Some of these grievances like the one I just explained now.”
On the marginalisation of South East, Umahi urged the region, especially the youths to engage their leaders across the South-East states in a dialogue to resolve any perceived marginalisation.
“Some of these grievances we may take them on our own and look at the issues, and then we will be able to say this is good. This is not good.
“For example, I never knew that somebody from the South-East is second in command in the navy or the air force. I can’t remember. We need to know some of these things so that when these complaints are made internally within the South-East so that we can all sit down and discuss them.”
