Ministerial Appointments: Don’t You Have Concerns About the Treatment of the Igbo People? – Showunmi Criticizes Tinubu

A high-ranking member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has criticized President Bola Tinubu for his approach to forming his cabinet.

Showunmi expressed concern that the majority of the appointments in Tinubu’s government are coming from the southwest region.

He made these remarks during an appearance on the Politics Today program on Channels Television on Wednesday.

The PDP stalwart argued that Tinubu is showing partiality towards the southeast region, emphasizing that the actions of the Federal Government could be seen as significant missteps.

Showunmi lamented that, based on the current trajectory, the southwest region seems to be favored by the current administration.

He said, “You know I am a Yoruba man. Ironically, I have known Asiwaju for years. So there must be some kind of soft spot there. But I have tried very hard to say “let’s wait until hundred days”. Why? Because there’s a tradition and culture of “let them take hundred days to settle down”.

“But unfortunately for this administration, they have done quite a lot of things that could be considered as serious missteps.

“And they have done it in such a brazen and hurried manner that people are now forced to say no.

“I have seen the kind of people he is putting in his cabinet, and I laughed at him; few brilliant persons but a few excessively recycled characters. If you come in this country and you want to do a paradigm shift, and your paradigm shift includes former governors.

“I have looked at the people he is putting together. I am a little bit uncomfortable with the fact that, if I may be honest with you, both of us Yoruba men, it’s beginning to seem that our people will get the best of the cherries. I can tell you the things we have already gotten and the things we are likely to get.”

Speaking further, Showunmi wondered if Tinubu did not feel uneasy for giving fewer positions to the southeast.

“Does it not prick your soul that you’re putting ten in one place; nine in one place; seven in one place and five in one place. And you are giving the southeast (Igbos) five. I can tell you for free, there’s no mental capacity, validation, education, authentication that you are looking for in the world that you would not find Ndi Igbo, either in Nigeria or in the diaspora. Why is it now you’re telling me that you can only get five from them? These are the issues:..[CONTINUE READING HERE]>>