Ahmed Lawal, organising secretary
of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa state, says power must shift
to the southern part of Nigeria in 2023.
Lawal made the call in an
interview with NAN in Yola, Adamawa capital, on Sunday.
He said there is need to
demonstrate fairness in the polity, adding that the southern part of Nigeria
supported the northern part to retain power for eight years.
He advised the APC to ensure
power rotation in 2023 to enhance national cohesion.
Lawal rejected comments from
those he called “some selfish northern politicians” intent on shortchanging the
south in the scheme of power play.
The organising secretary said the
proponents of power retention in the north are selfish as they cannot claim to
be speaking for the entire north.
“We must rotate power to southern
Nigeria for the spirit of equity, fairness and harmony,” he said.
“As far as Nigerian unity is
concerned, power shift must become a stabilising principle so that no region
will feel relegated and oppressed politically.
“It was instructive that our
political leaders sought support from southerners while APC was mobilising
during 2015 election.
“It is glaring that they
cooperated well as no southern APC politician contested the primary election
during 2015 and even in 2019.
“If we want to be fair to them,
let’s allow them to have a feel of power come 2023. It is also instructive that
those singing northern power retention cannot speak for the north because they
are not authorised.
“As you can see, some of them who
claim to be members of the APC, worked against the party in the just concluded
governorship election to build up PDP to be able to achieve their sinister
agenda.”
Babachir Lawal, former secretary
to the government of the federation and Junaid Mohammed, a politician from
Kano, had said rotation of the presidency to the south in 2023 is not
automatic.
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