''I got only 198,000 votes from south-east, yet they have four senior ministers. I am not tribalistic'' President Buhari yan

President Buhari don react to claim say em government dey rule base on tribe and ethnicity. Many Nigerians don openly criticize the Buhari-led government, accusing it of appointing only Nigerians from the North for key position. 

President Buhari during em dinner with APC chieftains on Thursday January 18th, yan say even though the South Easterns give am the lowest of votes during the 2015 election, he don appoint four persons from that region into very key positions. 

He appeal to the APC chieftains to go back and help him correct the notion say the appointments made by em administration dey base on ethnicity.

Speaking at the dinner, President Buhari yan say ''There is something that hit me very hard and I am happy I hit it back at somebody. Seven states of the north are only represented in my cabinet by junior ministers, ministers of state. In south-east, I got 198,000 votes but I have four substantive ministers and seven junior ministers from there. You are closer to the people than myself now that I have been locked up here, don’t allow anybody to talk of ethnicity. It is not true''.