Former Minister of Information and
one of the national leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Tony
Momoh, has said 2023 presidency will be a tough struggle among the regions as
none will be begged to come and take power.
He also said adhering to the
rotational policy between the North and South would be difficult.
He said in an interview with
Daily Independent, “Power is not served a la carte; you struggle to acquire
power. There is no way anybody can beg anybody or any region to come and take
power. So, it is a struggle and any part of the country can struggle to occupy
any position in the country.
“Winning election is decided by
votes, so if some people sit down and think people will say ‘come and take
these positions in 2023, then they don’t know what democracy is all about.
“When PDP zoned positions, a lot
of people from the North and South contested. I remembered when the PDP
presidency ticket was zoned to the South, some people in the North contested.
“Even look at the APC now which
has zoned the position of Senate President to the North- East but some people
from other regions are protesting, saying that they have a right to occupy the
position.
“So, if anybody thinks that the
Presidency will be zoned to the South in 2023 and then the North will just sit
down and watch, then they have a lot of shocks coming for them.
“We can still find another person
from another zone who may contest under another political party and win. So,
nobody should think that they can just sit down at home, not work hard and then
power will just be handed over to them like that.
“Although people think that with
adherence to the rotational policy between the North and South there won’t be
any political crisis, it will not be that smooth. It has never been that
smooth.
“When they said the PDP
presidential ticket should come to the South- West to pacify the people in the
region, did other people from other regions not contest? We had people like the
late Alex Ekwueme from the South- East and the late Abubakar Rimi from the
North who contested against Olusegun Obasanjo.
“I believe in 2023, a lot of
people will come out to contest for Presidency and nobody will stop them. So,
people must work hard to get power and the prayer for winning election is
answered by votes; the volume of votes you can produce.”
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