THE 2016 BUDGET: A CLEAR EVIDENCE OF MARGINALIZATION

THE 2016 BUDGET: A CLEAR EVIDENCE OF MARGINALIZATION

A look at the just signed 2016 budget of fraud has left me wondering why the government of Nigeria has so much hatred for a region that contributes over 90% of the nation's income. Over the years, the southeastern and south southern part of Nigeria have been neglected and left in utter disgust. However, the government of Buhari in addition to unleashing genocide through Fulani herdsmen and military forces on citizens of the region has also decided to sideline the region in terms of zonal projects allocation as evident in the 2016 budget. In the budget, the Southeast, which is the least developed zone due to civil war effect and successive neglect, is the political zone with the lowest project allocation while zones like Southwest, Northwest and North Central, who make no contribution to the economy topped the list. The south-south zone with all of its contribution to the nation's economy got only 12% of the project allocation, below south-west, Northwest, and North-central; zones with no significant economic relevance to the country. This further proves the case of marginalisation of the Biafran region amongst other daring cases. For what reasons then should Biafrans not seek freedom in the face of total exploitation of her people by the government of Nigeria under Buhari? Nothing short of the sovereign state of Biafra will assuage the feelings of the suffering Igbo and Niger Delta Youths, who are the worst treated in the country. Neither the repeated killing of unarmed protesters by the Nigerian Army nor economic marginalisation of south-south and south-east will make Biafrans comfortable to exploitation and slavery. Nevertheless, we shout so the world can hear. Written by Ken Pat
Published By Uchechi Collins
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