President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration would continue to strengthen existing partnership with the good people of the South-East geo-political zone. The President restated his commitment to the Ndigo in Item Amegu Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State during a special empowerment programme for widows organised by a non-governmental organisation, Chinedu Ogah Foundation.
The president who was represented by the Executive Director in charge of Administration/Training, Nigeria Television Authority, Dr. Steve Egbo said reports claiming he hates the people of the region were purely the handiwork of mischief makers.
“All these accusations, permutations are all lies calculated to create bad feelings of Igbo people. I would remain a friend to Nd’Igbo. I recall that in 2002, I invited the late Ikemba Chukwuemeka Ojukwu to my hometown of Daura. We discussed about the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria.
“In 2003, I picked Dr. Chuba Okadigbo as my running mate in that year’s presidential election. If I hated Nd’Igbo, I wouldn’t have done that. In 2017, the Federal Government under my leadership commenced work on the Second Niger Bridge following its abandonment by the previous governments all these years.”
Speaking earlier, the Chief Executive of Officer of the organization, Chinedu Ogah commended the President for his pragmatic leadership qualities and the delivery of democratic dividends to the citizens since his assumption of office. His disclosed that over 2, 000 were billed to benefit from the programme.
