BY CHARLES KUMOLU

FORMER member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference, Col Tony Nyiam (rtd) has clarified his claim on the relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Southwest, saying the present administration did not contribute to the problems of the zone.

He, nevertheless, insisted that his stance was that the region was marginalised by virtue of the existing structures in the country and not by the actions of the President, who, he said, was working actively to redress such.

Nyiam: ‘’There was no time I said the South West is marginalised by President Jonathan’s government. What I said was that the South West is marginalised by the virtue of the existing structure.

“And I appealed to the President to do something about the marginalisation and that one is appreciative of the fact that the President has already started addressing that marginalisation through the appointments he is already making.

“For example, he has made a South West person one of the service chiefs. And the President is going to do more by giving South West people key appointments.”