I gave southeast four substantive ministers - Buhari to southeast leaders
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President Buhari met with southeast leaders in Abuja on Friday, October 13
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He spoke on the inclusion of southeast in his cabinet
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The president also pledges to build new roads, railway in the southeast
President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, October 13, met with southeast governors,
representatives of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other leaders of the region.
The
southeast leaders met with the president at the presidential villa on Friday.

He said: “I gave southeast four
substantive ministers in the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Investment, Science and Technology and Labour.
The
southeast leaders were led by the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu
“Seven states in the North got
Ministers of State and of the two Ministries headed by your sons, I cannot take
any decision on foreign policy and investments without their input."
The president also promised that his
administration will focus on the east-west roads construction, second Niger
bridge and the railway construction in the region.
He said his administration is
collaborating with Chinese government to fund the project and develop southeast
region.
The president promised that his administration has no
intention of marginalising any region

"I want to assure that we are
doing our best for the country. If we can stop people from stealing, then there
will be more resources to put into projects that will create employment for
Nigerians.
“I want to assure you that I came
into government with a clear conscience and I will also leave with a clear
conscience."
The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,
John Nnia Nwodo, while responding to President Buhari said the region is ready
to work with the president. Nwodo urged the president to focus on developing
the region.
President Buhari promised to work on developing
infrastructure in the southeast.
He said: “We are ready to work with
you. We are determined to work with you. We know you are a decisive leader and
we know God will continue to give you the wisdom to govern Nigeria."
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi
state, who also spoke at the event said: “You have no hatred for any state. You
have treated all states with equality. What one state gets in the north, the
other gets in the south.
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