Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says the South West Region
has benefited the most from the Buhari-led administration. In a recent
interview with newsmen, Shittu said:
"I have come to be convinced, of all the zones that have benefited from
the Buhari government, I want to believe that the South West is foremost
in benefits and I will tell you why.
Each of the six states of the South West except one
has substantive ministerial appointee. Not only substantive
ministerial appointees; ministers of key ministries. I am Minister of
Communications which, over the last one year, has contributed more than
10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). We have a three-in-one
minister in Fashola (SAN), who controls power, works and housing.
We
have a Minister of Health in Professor Adewole and you know how
important that ministry is. And again, we have a Minister of Solid
Minerals, which is an economic hotspot for an emerging economy like
Nigeria and that one is controlled by Dr. Kayode Fayemi from Ekiti. It
is only Ondo that has a minister of state. And Ogun has the Minister of
Finance in Mrs Kemi Adeosun. I mean I don’t know of any geo-political
zone, which has that bunch of opportunities. So, in terms of equity, the
South West has benefited more. It has never happened in the history of
this country when you have a Federal Government with this crop of
ministers coming from Yoruba land".
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