National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has asked the North Central chieftains of the party to seek the assistance and support of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume to address their grievances of marginalisation and favorable placement in the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Ganduje made the declaration on Friday when certain leaders of the party from the North Central zone under the platform of North Central APC Elders Forum paid him a courtesy visit.
The team was led by General Lawrence Onoja (rtd).
Onoja in his remarks made a plea for the region in boards appointment in federal parastatals.
“Remember us in the zone with key appointments in Federal boards, Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies in line with the Federal character principle,” he demanded.
The former Kano state governor maintained that only the SGF who incidentally is from Benue State in the North Central has solution to their agitation for favourable placement in the Tinubu administration.
He equally assured them that President Tinubu would not marginalise the North Central as he noted that the SGF was picked from the zone.
He said: “If you look at the composition of his cabinet when he was the governor of Lagos, so the issue of tribalism, is put aside, the issue of ethnicity, the issue of religion is also put aside as he is Muslim and his wife is a pastor, so he is living by example, as far as managing diversity is concerned.
“We assure you, the government has taken every step to see that all ethnic nationalities are brought in, in the management of this country.
“We have to thank him, for appointing the secretary to the government of the Federation from the north-central zone.
“As requested for inclusiveness in the appointment in agencies, I think the SGF is the focal person.
“We will rally round to ensure that we host different support groups, that they get a big share of that distribution.”
The APC chairman also assured the group that the federal government was determined to tackle the scary security situation not only in the North Central but the entire country.
“Pertaining the security, the President has agreed to employ technology in the management of security in Nigeria, in particular our forests that have become cities for bandits.
“Mr President is fully conscious of that, he is ready in order to make the institutions strong, the army, Air Force, the Navy, the DSS, Civil Defense even the NIA.
“He is rejigging the institutions to ensure that we conquer the insecurity situation in the country.
“General, we thank you for bringing this men of timber and caliber to this visit and even the wife the of the Kogi state governor here present,” he added.
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