Praise singers and protesters were invaded the fifth town hall meeting of the Federal Ministry of Information in Enugu, Enugu State, Monday.
The meeting at the Nike Lake Resort Hotel, Enugu, attracted ministers and heads of Federal Government agencies, state governors, lawmakers from South-East states, other political appointees, religious leaders and traditional rulers.
In spite of the tight security at the venue, praise singers and protesters got into the hall, such that the praise singers, mostly women, caused a commotion as they sang the praise of top politicians even as the protesters, displayed placards, loudly made their demand known.
The various concerns of the people of the South-East were addressed by the ministers who at the town hall meeting.
Chief Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture, said that herdsmen-farmers’ clashes would soon be solved as ranches would be built to dissuade nomadic grazing of cows.
“We are working on confining all cows in ranches. A time shall come when no cow will be moving about. That will come to an end,” Ogbe said.
Responding to questions from participants, Dr. Chris Ngige, Labour minister, said that Nigeria is in a mess today because of misplaced priorities.
Ngige said that if people were to go back to the farm and learn trade, the economy would improve and unemployment would end.
He expressed the opinion that President Muhammadu Buhari is the most misunderstood man because he is speaking the truth pointing out that there was no way white collar jobs alone could be provided in the country now.
“This government you are seeing today, we are managing poverty. There is no way we can give you white collar jobs but blue collar jobs.
“We should go back to the farm. Let us look inwards,” he said.
Ngige equally dismissed the cry of marginalization of Ndigbo in terms of political appointments, saying the President has the privilege of choosing his kitchen cabinet from trusted allies.
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