By JIMITOTA ONOYUME

PORT HARCOURT — IJAW leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has been urged to push for a ministerial appointment for the Urhobo nation.

Mr. Mark Ikpuri, who made the appeal, noted that Urhobo does not have a ministerial slot in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet.

Ikpuri, who blamed the situation on what he termed the inconsistency of some Urhobo politicians, said Chief Clark should use his relationship with President Jonathan to secure a ministerial slot for the Urhobo nation.

He said it was not politically palatable that Urhobo, being the fifth largest ethnic group in the country and second in the South-South region, was completely shut out of Jonathan’s cabinet.

He urged Urhobo leaders to explore the maternal relationship Chief Clark has with the Urhobo to press on him to help push for the appointment of an Urhobo as a minister.