Prof Phillips Nto has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint an indigene of the state as Minister to replace Hon Nkiriuka Onyechiocha who resigned more than six months ago.
Nigerianewslite A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia and former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in the state, Prof Phillips Nto has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint an indigene of the state as Minister to replace Hon Nkiriuka Onyechiocha who resigned more than six months ago. He said the non appointment of replacement for Abia’ s ministerial slot has raised a lot of questions concerning the status of Abia in the Federal Executive Council. Speaking when he received APC stakeholders from Ututu , Prof Nto argued that the replacement of Onyejiocha in the Federal Cabinet will ginger APC to campaign more vigorously for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He noted that states whose ministers resigned from the cabinet like Oyo and Bauchi had their replacements appointed almost immediately while that of Abia is still lingering. ” I really don’t know what is responsible for the delay, but I believe that Mr. President should move swift...
