With parties celebrating, taunting, warning or even blaming one another depending on the side of the divide one belongs to, some analyst are busy blaming Ndigbo for being bold enough to vote for the candidate they want. The massive vote by Ndigbo to Jonathan is an indication that the Igbos have recognized the marginalization meted on them by the previous administration of the now winner of the presidential election.
Muhammadu Buhari executed his assignment as head of the fund as if there was no southern Nigeria! For example, only 4,440.43 kilometres of road were done in the entire southern part of Nigeria representing a paltry 24% compared to the 13,870.47 kilometres representing 76% of roads done in the north. Of these figures, the Southwest got 10.5% while the Southeast and South-south together got 13.5%.
As if that was not enough, under the National Health and Rehabilitation Programme (NHERP), while the entire south got 0% allocation, the north got 100% in the tertiary programme. In the vocational programme, the entire south had only 3% while the north had 97%. The same was for the primary side where the south had only 12% but the north was allocated 88%. The secondary area was not different. While the north had 86% percent allocation, the south had just 14%. So, any analyst who should criticize Indigbo has to go back to the drawing board and at least be a student of history.
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