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Senator wants equitable representation Senator Chris Adighije (Abia central), has protested the under-representation of the South-east geo-political zone in the senate, arguing that the zone has the least number of senators among the six zones in the country. Speaking to newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the senator said while the north-west zone is represented by 21 senators and the states of the south-south, south-west, north-east, and north-central zones have 18 senators each, the south-east is represented by 15 senators. The lopsided and inequitable zonal representation in the senate, Senator Adighije said is clearly unjust and unfair from whatever angle it is viewed. And it is bound to create problems in future, which I hope we can nip in the bud now.” He said he was raising alarm now, so that the injustice can be corrected, adding however that should the situation be allowed to persist, it will constitute an impediment to Nigeria’s political and economic stability. Senator Adighije explained further that based on this lopsidedness, the south-east has produced the least number of ministers, including other benefits that should have accrued to the zone in terms of senatorial districts from the federal government. The senator added that if the under-representation is allowed to continue, then the south-east zone which is home to one of the three biggest ethnic groups in the country will be inadvertently become a minority ethnic group. “This is a genuine case of marginalisation that needs no special investigation. I say this because the Igbo nation has in recent times been subject of acquisition and ridicule because visible Igbo politicians have been found wanting and prevaricating in the face of affronts to the collective pride of the people. “Instead of building bridges and coalescing around knotty issues of marginalisation and humiliation of the Igbo people, discordant times have been heard from the south-east zone and sometimes frivolous grandstanding on a myriad of self-serving causes have all added to weaken our relevance in the scheme of things,” he lamented.   TO NEXT NEWS PAGE...

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