Buhari will consider zonal politics while compiling ministerial list – Emerhor

The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State governorship election, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor yesterday assured members of his party that President Muhammadu Buhari will take into consideration the need to balance political interests in the state by choosing his ministers from the state.
The assurance came as a response to the protests that greeted the circulation of the alleged list of Buhari’s ministerial nominees, especial the names of those who will fill the slot for Delta, by some online and other media platforms. The purported nominees include Prof Pat Utomi believed to be from the same zone as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

Reacting to this, the APC leader in Delta assured party faithful that the president was conversant with the zoning political arrangement of the state and would ensure balancing in his appointments. He explained that the seeming delay in the appointment of Buhari’s aides and ministers was a result of his interest in consulting and reaching out to stakeholders in order to manage the peculiarities and sensitivities in the different states.


Disclosing this in a statement he issued and personally signed, Emerhor said: “President Buhari only recently appointed Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, a Deltan from Delta North, as Group Managing Director of NNPC. He is aware the current Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and the current Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele are Deltans also from Delta North.

“I believe being aware of this situation, the president will strive to balance further appointments from Delta State by looking towards the other zones, that is Delta Central and South,” he stated.

The gubernatorial candidate urged members of the party and the people of the state not to panic or resort to protests, saying the lists being circulated in the media were not authentic.