"Igbos Should Stop Complaining, They Didn’t Invest In Buhari’s Campaign" – Says Chris Ngige

Date: 25-05-2017 10:00 am (6 years ago) | Author: CLARA JANCITA
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The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has asked the Southeast to stop complaining of marginalisation by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. He lamented that all his efforts to persuade the Igbo to wisely invest in Buhari’s presidential bid in 2015 failed because of lack of cooperation by many South-east leaders, who threw their weight behind former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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“This is not a question I should answer because I’m a politician. But before these things happened, before the government of Jonathan failed, I went to all the Igbo fora to tell them that the Jonathan government will fall”, he said.
“I went to our Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo in Enugu twice. They could not even reply to a letter written by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, seeking for a meeting with them”
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Ngige, revealed how he went to Lagos and convened an Igbo stakeholders forum in William Nwodo’s house in Ikoyi, Lagos in 2014, where he analysed the voting pattern in Nigeria and told them that even if they did not want to support Buhari, they should give him 25 per cent of their votes.
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“They refused to listen to me, and to make matter worse, there was no voting in most of the areas in the South-east; they just allocated 5 per cent to APC.
“It was that bad, it is too late to cry when the head is off. Politics is business in a way, you invest in business and you reap profit.
“Yes, that is what it is. But all I want to tell you is that we played bad politics; we made a bad investment because they invested in the Jonathan presidency. They invested in Jonathan more than the South-south, where he hails from.
“I am not saying that is enough to marginalise them or not allow them come in but we are there. I will continue to speak for them and when there is anything to be distributed, we will make sure that the South-east gets its own portion. But they will not get excess portion.
“Even in a family where the head of the family goes to the farm to harvest his yams those who accompany the farmer to the farm get more share.
“When they bring back the yams some of them will be damaged, and the pieces are put out in one section. Then the whole yams are put into the barn and some will be sent to the market for sale. And some will be sent to the family centrally for distribution among the family units.
“Those ones that are in pieces, the extras, will be shared among those that went to the farm. We did not benefit from the extras with people who went to the farm. We didn’t go to the farm in the south-east”
, he added.

On what the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be campaigning on ahead 2019, Ngige stated: “Oh my God, so you are in the group of those who are pessimistic, who have refused to see the wonders of this government?
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“Well, I’m from the South-east, so when we get there we will show them that first and foremost we have fought corruption to a standstill and that people can no longer steal at will, much less keeping such monies at home.
“The movement was from the bank to the house, but now that homes have been raided, maybe they will go to the farm to keep them. But people cannot steal money because there is no hiding place anymore. “They cannot steal primitively like it was done before. The poor people of Nigeria are happy about this,”
he said.

The APC chieftain said he has no regret for his role in helping to bring Buhari to power, saying if the opportunity presents itself again he will do exactly the same thing.
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“If not for this government, the government of Muhammadu Buhari, government of change, Nigeria would have been worse than Venezuela.
“The crisis you have in Venezuela today, the demonstrations in Venezuela, are as a result of the collapse of the whole economic firmament of that country. Venezuela, like Nigeria, did not plan for the rainy day.”


Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:00 AM (6 years ago) | Hero
- gogoman at 25-05-2017 10:06 AM (6 years ago)
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MY SURE GUY!!!!
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:06 AM (6 years ago) | Grande Master
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- Zaki68 at 25-05-2017 10:25 AM (6 years ago)
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BECAUSE JONATHAN WAS GIVING THEM MONEY, YOU KNOW MOST OF THEM LOVE MONEY MORE THAN THEIR FAMILIES, NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM. JUST LIKE THE WAY MOST NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS LOVE MONEY MORE THAN GOD.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:25 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Bebold at 25-05-2017 10:33 AM (6 years ago)
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Are an housa guy then ? Stupidity in the highest order?
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:33 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Jeonleon at 25-05-2017 10:41 AM (6 years ago)
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You and all those supporting are a bunch of illiterates!!.... My! My! You should be stripped off the 'Dr.' attached to your name!!

So, because one part of Nigeria chose a different candidate means they don't have the right to request for the dividends of democracy and the national economy which they contribute to!!!

So, why not allow them to stop paying taxes too?! And instead, pay it to Jonathan whom they voted for!!!! Gosh!
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:41 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- concentrate at 25-05-2017 10:42 AM (6 years ago)
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Why are these APC people so daft? are the igbos not Nigerians? or is it because they want to break away? if the system was fair and just will they have felt marginalised? This statement clearly underlines the political intent of this administration more so, it further confirms why the president has deliberately turned a blind eyes towards the fulani herdsmen killing Christians coupled with how he has been witch-hunting his political rivals. This is not governance! This is the height of intimidation and political assault against the good people of Nigeria. APC is such a disgrace
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:42 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 25-05-2017 10:46 AM (6 years ago)
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PREACH BOSS.. PREACH, TELL THEM THE TRUTH THOUGH WE KNOW IT PEPPERS THEM.... JONATHAN'S ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT NAIJA TO WHAT IT IS TODAY AND THOSE WHO HAVE BRAINS KNOW THAT IS THE TRUTH...
Posted: at 25-05-2017 10:46 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- benosky4 at 25-05-2017 11:06 AM (6 years ago)
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What nonsense coming out of the mouth of this perverted ingrate,
The same preaching one-Nigeria.
I never knew all his grey hair is not wisdom & experience but bank of greed, foolishness, nepotism, marginalization.
Demn politicians.

Posted: at 25-05-2017 11:06 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- mjyabah2 at 25-05-2017 11:17 AM (6 years ago)
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This man is a joke. Every presidential candidate campaigns on a platform of one political party, if he/she wins, then the person emerges as a leader of the nation not a leader for a political party or political patronage. This mentality is the reason why Nigeria is still lagging behind in the sociopolitical and economic strides in global arenas.  
Posted: at 25-05-2017 11:17 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dynasty4all at 25-05-2017 12:11 PM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Zaki68 on 25-05-2017 10:25 AM
BECAUSE JONATHAN WAS GIVING THEM MONEY, YOU KNOW MOST OF THEM LOVE MONEY MORE THAN THEIR FAMILIES, NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM. JUST LIKE THE WAY MOST NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS LOVE MONEY MORE THAN GOD.
@ZAKI68, MAY ALMIGHTY GOD TREAT YOU THE WAY AND MANNER IGBOS ARE BEING TREATED IN NIGERIA, AMEN!
Posted: at 25-05-2017 12:11 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dynasty4all at 25-05-2017 12:14 PM (6 years ago)
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NGIGE YOU ARE A BIG FOOL, YOU WILL NEVER WIN ANY ELECTION IN IGBOLAND AGAIN..............
BUHARI WILL NOT REMAIN IN POWER FOREVER, YOU WILL SURELY COME BACK ONE DAY TO BEG.........
EWU HAUSA.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 12:14 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- christianity at 25-05-2017 12:37 PM (6 years ago)
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Just listen to what this he goat is blabbing.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 12:37 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- joeomoke at 25-05-2017 12:47 PM (6 years ago)
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taaaa MEshiii onu onye riwa ego  nigeria ya kowa tarataratara...
Posted: at 25-05-2017 12:47 PM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- schmit at 25-05-2017 01:04 PM (6 years ago)
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Short man pls shut up
Posted: at 25-05-2017 01:04 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- james987 at 25-05-2017 01:49 PM (6 years ago)
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No worries....
Posted: at 25-05-2017 01:49 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- morgan1 at 25-05-2017 03:14 PM (6 years ago)
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Lobatan ooo,,,,,See BOMB!!!!
Posted: at 25-05-2017 03:14 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- osarobo62 at 25-05-2017 03:21 PM (6 years ago)
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THE BITTER TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 03:21 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- Shagbe at 25-05-2017 03:58 PM (6 years ago)
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People should stop complaining and start playing real politics. If these disgruntled sections continue their ways of bringing the current government down they should know that other sections will pay back later. Also, as long as politics continues to be a game of number, 16 will never be greater than 19.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 03:58 PM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Larry28 at 25-05-2017 05:34 PM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Zaki68 on 25-05-2017 10:25 AM
BECAUSE JONATHAN WAS GIVING THEM MONEY, YOU KNOW MOST OF THEM LOVE MONEY MORE THAN THEIR FAMILIES, NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM. JUST LIKE THE WAY MOST NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS LOVE MONEY MORE THAN GOD.
Posted: at 25-05-2017 05:34 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- BournIdentity at 25-05-2017 09:44 PM (6 years ago)
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Ndi isi 1 of Igboland,, Eze ndigbo..., igadi ooo. You are the son of the soil..., nothing do you., tell RAMS more
Posted: at 25-05-2017 09:44 PM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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