The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah, said Wednesday that some governors converted federal government’s palliatives to their political party’s interventions.
Addressing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the minister said the heavy presence of military and police personnel in the south-east geopolitical zone has attracted massive investments in the area.
The minister also told journalists that allegations of extortion by police from motorists in the zone was a thing of concern.
“I presented my report from my state, Abia state and Honourable Emeka Nwajiuba presented for Imo State and we were able to convey Mr. President’s message to the people in our various states.
“Majorly, one high point that I want to say critically was in Abia State, a documentary was done showing issues concerning war. There is no need for anybody to encourage war in any more.
“War does not bring prosperity but peace brings prosperity to the entire world and that is why we stand for one indivisible nation, Nigeria for every one. That’s what Mr. President stands for and this government has done a lot for this nation within this period which we shared with the people and they are happy with the performance of the federal government.
“Except that they feel that most of the information is not getting down and which we have been started passing on to the people that this is what the government is doing. So I believe that the information is getting out there and people are happy with what the Federal Government is doing.
“If you look at it you will know that the entire South East are governed by PDP, most of the Federal Government interventions are not communicated to the people, they try to appropriate these interventions, that is one reason you need to understand but we have tried as much as possible to let them understand that these are the things that the federal government has been doing.”
