A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, in Bayelsa State, Bolous Indiamowei has flayed the exclusion of indigenes of Bayelsa State in the ambassadorial nominees submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation in the National Assembly.
Indiamowei, a former member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly and the House of Representatives, said that it was the height of injustice for the people of the oil and gas rich state to be left of the exercise.
The former legislator said that it was wrong for the Federal Government to have excluded the indigenes of the state among the ambassadorial nominees sent to the Senate for confirmation.
He wondered why Buhari will chose to deny the people of the state their rightful position in the scheme of things despite their contributions to the national economy and his successful election in the 2015 presidential election.
According to him, “From my findings, there are at least three indigenes of Bayelsa State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that are qualified to be appointed as ambassadors. Yet, Buhari did not deem it fit to appoint any of them. How can someone be so insensitive to the feelings of the people? It is more baffling to me because in the same list that Bayelsa State did not have a single nominee, some states have three while some have two. What did the people of Bayelsa State do to deserve this kind of poor treatment from the Buhari administration?”
He expressed dismay that the exclusion of the indigenes of the state in the ambassadorial list, follows a similar pattern of marginalization and neglect since Buhari took over the reins of administration over a year ago.
“For instance, the APC flag bearer in Taraba State in the 2015 general election is already a member of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, just as her counterpart in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside is the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, but this is not the case of the APC gubernatorial candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva.”
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