The Ekiti State Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi has called on the Federal Character Commission to address the concerns raised by many people on the lopsidedness in the distribution of infrastructural projects across the country.
He also called on the Commission to focus more on deepening national unity and integration of the various facets of the nation including culture, ethnicity and religion.
Fayemi, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday while receiving in audience a team from the Federal Character Commission led by its Executive Chairman, Alhaja Muheeda Dankaka, noted that Nigeria, with its diversities, required a body like the FCC and commended the Commission for utilizing a wide range of initiatives to manage such diversities.
He, however, challenged the FCC leadership to address what he described as the fundamental inadequacies in gender representation in the country while reiterating the urgent need to promote inclusion in all national activities.
The Governor said he was excited the commission, in addition to addressing issues of employment and positions in government, is also focusing on socio-economic amenities and even distribution of infrastructural projects nationally.
This, according to him, is more important to the people who are concerned about the lopsidedness in project distribution in the country.
Fayemi said, “Any effort taken in fostering national integration and national unity ought to be commended by all of us and this is one thing this body has been doing. I am particularly glad that you are moving away from just focusing on employment and positions in government to socio-economic amenities and distribution of infrastructural projects which is more important to our people because of evident lopsidedness in the infrastructural project distribution in the country.
“We can really deepen the bond of unity and improve on our bridge-building efforts at a time that our country is going through challenges, this commission has a central role to really strengthen the bond of unity in Nigeria and I don’t think we have utilized you enough for this purpose.”
Earlier, the Chairman of the Commission, Alhaja Muheeda Dankaka said the commission was established with a primary focus of ensuring a strong, viral and indivisible nation based on fairness, equity and justice to promote national unity, foster national loyalty and give every citizen of Nigeria a sense of belonging notwithstanding the diversities which may exist.
Dankaka disclosed that the commission has realized most of its mandate in the area of equitable distribution of social services and economic amenities as well as monitoring government agencies with the responsibility of providing road, power, transportation, housing and other projects to ensure that their distribution adheres strictly to the federal character principle.
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