President Tinubu Showing Southeast ‘Renewed Shege’ – Sen Abaribe

The Senator representing Abia South senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of overlooking the South-East Nigeria in terms of appointed and development.

Senator Abaribe who disclosed this an interactive session with a National TV and monitored by our reporter, accused Tinubu of treating the Igbos with ‘renewed shege’.

He said that Mr. President breached the constitution, insisting that the reshuffled cabinet didn’t reflect Federal character.

In his words: “The president has breached it for the last 18 months. We thought that with these changes, maybe there will be some adjustments that will also put some balm on what is going on in the minds of people from the South East.

“I want to tell everyone that the Igbos want fairness and equity, which are in the constitution. Treat us as you are treating everybody else.”

Abaribe faulted the cabinet reshuffling, which saw the appointment of Bianca Ojukwu as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Tinubu had removed five ministers while appointing seven and reassigning 10 to new portfolios.

The president relieved Uju-Ken Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs, from her duties.

He maintained that relieving a Southeast Minister and replacing with another “doesn’t feel like progress.”

“For my constituents, nothing has changed. They don’t refer to it as ‘Renewed Hope’ but rather as ‘Renewed Shege (Suffering).’

“The South East, in particular, is questioning the supposed changes. Removing one South East minister only to replace them doesn’t feel like progress.”

He further lamented that, despite the South East’s calls for equity and fairness, Tinubu’s actions continue to overlook the region.

The senator argued that despite Nigeria’s constitutional promise of equal representation, the Southeast is left with only five ministers for its five states, while other regions boast as many as ten ministers. He described the situation as “renewed Shege” — a colloquial term indicating that the Southeast is now worse off than before.