Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged the people of South-East to shun calls for protests against the government of the day.
He made the call in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, on Wednesday.
The Minister spoke during the unveiling of the legacy road projects of President Bola Tinubu to stakeholders and people of the state.
According to him, the President is doing everything possible to ameliorate the hardship in the country.
He noted that the President took some hard decisions for the betterment of the country.
He said: “The President is doing everything possible to ameliorate and end the hardship. Let us support him, he is doing everything to unite Nigeria, put food on our tables, develop the health, education and other sectors. Pray for him and support him.
“The governors have spoken to our people. There will be no form of demonstration against the President in Ebonyi and South-East.
“South-East today under President Tinubu has benefited from numerous roads construction projects ongoing to develop the South-East which has suffered many years of neglect in previous administrations. So we need to support him.”
The Minister also noted that there has been a marked improvement in the security of the South-East since President Tinubu administration came on board.
“Security has been highly improved in the South-East under President Tinubu. I commend the governors of the region for what they are doing in this regard,” he said.
He called on Nigerians to eschew statements that may stoke crisis in the country noting that what the country need at this point is a peaceful atmosphere to develop.
“We should stop fanning the embers of division. We are paying for the past years of neglect and mismanagement. We failed to plan properly in the past and we have to accept our past mistakes and find ways to start correcting them and this is what the President is doing.”
