Shehu Sani, a former senator
representing Kaduna central, says it is only fair that other regions in the
country are given a shot at the presidency in 2023.
Speaking in an interview with TheNation Sani said Nigeria is bound for a crisis if certain regions in the
country refuse to rotate power.
He said the concept of power
rotation is to give every section of the country a sense of belonging and
allowing a region to dominate the political sphere would result in a crisis.
“The concept of rotation of power
is simply to give every section of the country the opportunity and ability to
feel that yes, we are equal stakeholders in the enterprise called Nigeria,” he
said.
“If one part of the country now
continues to dominate the political sphere, they can take the mantle of
leadership, but they will not be able to have the peace to preside over the
affairs of the country forever.
“But my position on this is that
President Muhammadu Buhari came to power with the support of the south. It
would be logical enough that we understand the diversities of Nigeria, and the
need to always balance our own personal interests and agenda with the need to
sustain the unity, peace, and orderliness of the country.
“A lot of meetings are going on
in the north today, and I can tell you that they are gaining traction. And part
of the reasons for some of them who told me was that they believe that this
government has served more people in the south than it has served people in the
north,” he said.
“So that is the argument which
many of them have given and you see sometimes words have life, if a prominent
northerner who is well respected now averred that we are not going to respect
the principle of rotation of power and the north will continue to have it
forever, if you do not have a strong counter-argument on that, it will settle
in the minds of the people.
“What stops the leaders from the
north moving to Chief E K Clark house in Abuja or down there in the south-south
to discuss with him. These are issues that I believe we should resolve. But we
should understand that if one part of the country is not prepared to rotate
power to another part of the country, we are simply setting a road map to chaos
and crisis in Nigeria.”
Sani advised that politicians,
traditional and religious leaders from both regions have a meeting as
governance should not be left alone for politicians to decide.
The former lawmaker, however,
said there is a possibility for the south not to assume power in 2023 if
leaders and political parties in the region are not united.
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