Dave Umahi, Works minister | File Image
.Begs Ndigbo not to join protest against Tinubu govt
Umahi: Let’s support Tinubu to make Nigeria work
By Nweze Anaga,
Abakaliki
The federal government apears jittery over the economic hardship-induced forthcoming national protest.
To nip it in the bud, the presidency has ordered members of the executive back to their constituencies to project the governments “good intentions” to their people.
In Ebonyi State, the immediate past governor and Minister of Works, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, assured the presidency that South Eastern Nigeria would not be part of the national protest.
He also called on Ndigbo to support President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to make Nigeria work.
Umahi further disclosed that the present administration was taking hard decisions to recover Nigeria.
Though he did not say whom the the current administration was recoverying the nation from, yet Tinubu’s leadership is the continuation of the immediate past Muhammadu Buhari-led APC governoment.
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Umahi made the appeal in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State, during the stakeholders’ engagement on the alignment for Ebonyi State 101km segment of the 477km Cross River- South East-North Central- Apo Abuja 6-lane superhighway (the spur of Lagos-PH-Calabar Coastal Highway) crossing Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja (Trans Saharan Trade Route).
Umahi further disclosed that Nigerians were paying for many years of neglect, stressing that president Tinubu was taking hard decisions to recover the lost glory of the country.
He warned those faning the embars of division in the country to desist from it because it amounts to wasting of time.
“South East people should know that we are not endangered, and should avoid sit-at-home because of its economic sabotage and self-inflicted injury,” he said.
The minister however urged Nigerians to support the legacy projects of Ahmed Tinubu, explaining that the coastal high way was coming with huge economic benefits that cut across the country.
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