Former leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazurike has again bemoaned the state of Igbo man in Nigeria.
Uwazurike was speaking ahead of the May 30 remembrance of the Biafra civil war.
He lamented that decades after, the war is still on, as according to him, the Igbos were still relegated in terms of political positions in the country.
Uwazurike said whereas other regions have super ministers, the South-East was left with “One major minister, Minister of Works, the other one is what I call Chief Minister, and three assistant ministers.”
He singled out the minister of science and technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, stating that his annual budget was not up to the monthly budget of some other ministries.
Uwazurike told Vanguard, “Today, and yesterday, including Buhari’s era, we are back to that ‘siddon look.’
“In other words, nobody is getting the best politically out of the Igbo nation. As far as they are concerned, the Igbo must be subdued. With people like Buhari, the war is still on. Throughout his eight years in power, the war was on.
“Then in the order of protocols in this country, the president, the vice president, the Senate President, the Speaker, the Chief Justice, and then you begin to see the Deputy Senate President, then finally you will see the Deputy Speaker, who is more like an attachment in the equation.
“Let me ask you, how many ministers do the five Southeastern states have? One major minister, Minister of Works, the other one is what I call Chief Minister, and three assistant ministers.
“The man from Enugu State is the Minister of Science and Tech. His budget is not up to the monthly budget of some other ministries.
“His entire annual budget is not up to the monthly budget of some other ministries. All the others are ministers of state.
“Now, get down to Ogun State, how many ministers? Four. All of them are frontline ministers. I’m not talking about Southwest, I’m talking about one state, called Ogun, versus the entire Southeastern states.
“When they are meeting in the National Executive Council, there is only one person who will speak, Dave Umahi, but there is a limit to how long he will speak.
“After that, no other person from the Southeast. David Umahi’s main accomplishment today is first, praising Buhari and then praising Tinubu.
“Eulogising the two of them. So when you are talking of federal appointments, we are simply not there.”
NATIONAL POST reports that alleged marginalisation has been the major reason given by Biafra agitators.