Former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly
Matters, has accused the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led Federal Government of neglecting
other regions of the country while building the
North East.
Matters, has accused the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led Federal Government of neglecting
other regions of the country while building the
North East.
In a statement released few hours ago, Senator
Florence Ita-Giwa, a former Presidential Adviser on
National Assembly Matters, has accused the
President Buhari-led Federal Government of
neglecting other regions of the country while
building the North East.
The former senator who described the silence of
Buhari’s administration towards the Bakassi people
as 'insensitive' , noted that Cross River State and
Bakassi people are suffering due to neglect of
Federal Government.
Ita-Giwa stressed that it was Bakassi land that was
ceded and not the people, adding that the people
made a choice to remain as Nigerians but
regretted that 11 years after, over 4000 refugees
are still in poverty and suffering because the
Federal Government has failed to properly resettle
them.
The statement reads in part;
”I am using this medium again to protest the
insensitivity of the federal government to our
collective plight as Bakassi people.
“As far as I know, Bakassi Local Government Area
is still in Cross River and it is constitutionally
catered for like every other council areas but sadly
we have been neglected. Even the host community
has suffered a lot of inconveniences and they are
not being encouraged in any way with social
facilities.
“The Buhari administration is busy rebuilding the
North East but feel so unconcerned about the
Bakassi people In spite of the fact that our situation
existed before Boko Haram.
“Did we commit a crime by choosing to remain In
our fatherland? Why rebuild North East and abandon
Bakassi? My people are refugees and they should
be rehabilitated.”
