Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has rejected the call by
Southern governors that the 2023 presidency be zoned to the Southern part of
the country.
Bello claimed a rotational presidency can not solve
Nigeria’s problem, saying it was why former President Olusegun Obasanjo could
not solve the problems of the Southwest.
He disclosed that the Nigerian 1999 constitution does not recognise rotational presidency.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the governor said Nigerians
must be allowed to choose their leaders.
The governor stressed that a rotational presidency would not
solve Nigeria’s problems, adding that a capable leader can lead the country to
its best destination.
Bello said, “Nigeria of today is a ship that requires the
best captain to deliver it to its destination.
“If zoning will resolve our problem when Gen. Olusegun
Obasanjo was President, all the problems of the Southwest should have been
solved.
“When President Umaru Yar’adua was there, all the problems
of the North would have been solved and similarly, all Southern problems would
have been solved during the era of President Goodluck Jonathan.
“I will continue to insist that the best candidate who will
build on the legacies that President is leaving behind emerge and should the
nation go on Rotational Presidency, it should be done fairly with equity.”
Southern governors had on Monday said the Southern part of
the country should produce Nigeria’s next president.
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