The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as “extremely fruitful” the meeting which a presidential team had with leaders and stakeholders of the South East.
“The meeting of the presidential delegation with South-East leaders was very useful,” Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Enugu.
The delegation, led by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, met for more than eight hours in Enugu with selected South East leaders.
Mohammed said it was quite instructive that all the groups which took part in the meeting believed in the unity and oneness of the country, pointing out that they clearly spelt out this in their presentations.
“We listened clearly and carefully to all the positions and demands and we are going back to report directly to President Buhari,” the minister told NAN.
He noted that the Federal Government had been spreading development and infrastructure to all parts of the country, simultaneously and equitably.
Mohammed said: “We want the South East people to be confident that the Federal Government is spreading development and infrastructure to all parts of the country equitably and will never marginalise any zone in the ongoing development and infrastructure agenda.
Photo: From left: Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; and Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, during the arrival of the Presidential delegation, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for a meeting with the South East governors and other leaders of the zone on Saturday (7/11/20). 06229/7/11/2020/BJO/NAN
