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| Sir Engr Okey Chikwendu -National Chairman Equity Group demands inclusivity in the $22.7 Billion Dollars infrastructural Development Loan. |
Breaking News: Equity Group Demands
Regional Balance in the $22.7 Billion Infrastructural Development Loan; Says South
East Region of Nigeria Marginalized.
The Equity Group, which is an association of Chairmen, Secretaries
and leaders of Some Political Parties and Associations in Nigeria demands the equitable distribution of infrastructural development by the Federal Government.
Observing that the new policy thrust of the government for accelerated
infrastructural development of Nigeria for which $22.7 Billion Dollars was
recently approved by the Senate there is little or no inclusion of the South
Eastern Region in the overall infrastructural developmental plans.
Speaking with Press on the issue the National Chairman of
the Equity Group Sir Engnr Okey Chikwendu said that the Equity Group condemns in
strong terms the exclusion of the South East Region from the current
infrastructural development plans of Nigeria for which $22.7Billion Dollars
loan had been procured.
He observed that while the South Eastern Region had no
specific infrastructural investments tagged in the developmental plans, the entire layout is also lopsided tilting more to the Northern divide and marginalizing
the Southern aspects of the country.
He called on the Senate and the FG to go back to the drawing
board to correct these anomalies and balance the spread of infrastructural
development in accordance with constitutional Federal Character.
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