President Muhammadu Buhari justifies appointments.
Below are breakdown of the current administration's appointments as it relates to geopolitical regions and their population strength.
APPOINTEES IN SOUTH EAST
1 Anambra 13
2 Abia 2
3 Imo 15
4 Enugu 4
5 Ebonyi 2
TOTAL 36
APPOINTEES IN SOUTH SOUTH
1 A-Ibom 4
2 Rivers 7
3 Bayelsa 6
4 Delta 9
5 Edo 14
6 C-River 5
TOTAL. 45
APPOINTEES IN NORTH EAST
1 Borno. 10
2 Yobe. 5
3 Bauchi. 11
4 Adamawa 11
5 Taraba. 5
6 Gombe. 8
TOTAL. 50
APPOINTEES IN SOUTH WEST
1 Lagos 10
2 Ondo 6
3 Oyo 4
4 Ogun 21
5 Ekiti 4
6 Osun 9
TOTAL 54
APPOINTEES IN NORTH CENTRAL
1 Niger. 9
2 Kogi. 13
3 Benue. 9
4 Nasarawa. 5
5 Kwara. 13
6 Plateau. 5
TOTAL. 54
APPOINTEES IN NORTH WEST
1 Kano 15
2 Kaduna. 12
3 Katsina. 14
4 Jigawa. 8
5 Sokoto. 4
6 Kebbi. 3
7 Zamfara. 4
TOTAL. 60
To appreciate these figures we need to take them to the same base by relating them to the populations from which the appointments were made. Our current population as per 2006 Census is as below. These figures shall be used in this raw form for our analysis although you may add 35% to them to give the current zonal populations.
SE population 16.4m
NE population 19.0m
NC population 20.3m
SS population 21.0m
SW population 27.6m
NW population 35.8m
Population of North 75.1m - 53.6%
Population of South 65 m - 46.4%
APPOINTEES IN A MILLION POPULATION.
NORTH CENTRAL
Appointees 54
Population 20.3m
Appointees per million 2.66
NORTH EAST
Appointees 50
Population 19m
Appointees per million 2.6
SOUTH EAST
Appointees 36
Population 16.4m
Appointees per million 2.2
SOUTH SOUTH
Appointees 45
Population 21m
Appointees per million 2.14
SOUTH WEST
Appointees 54
Population 27.7m
Appointees per million 1.95
NORTH WEST
Appointees 60
Population 35.8m
Appointees per million 1.68
Summarily,
North has 6.97 appointees/m - 52.5%
South had 6.31 appointees/m - 47.5%
OBSERVATION.
1. The Northern Appointees are 52.5% which is far from the 80% peddled. The figure is even lower than the percentage populations the North which is 53.6%
2. The South Western Zone of the Vice President has the second lowest appointees of 1.95 in a million
3. The North Western Zone of the President has the least appointment of 1.68% in a million of the population.
4. The South East Zone is the highest beneficiary in the South, recording 2.2 appointees in a million and the zone is 3rd most favored in the country.
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