Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River state, says the type of
democracy being practised in the country lacks equity and fairness.
Speaking on Sunday while addressing some stakeholders of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) at the governor’s lodge in Calabar, the state
capital, Ayade said democracy does not create the balance that is needed for
natural justice.
The governor said the principle of zoning should be
entrenched in the nation’s political system.
“We inherited a brand of democracy which is not afrocentric, neither does it have the sensitivity of the African culture and morality,” Ayade said.
“Democracy is so
primitively blind that it reduces itself to numbers. The higher your
population, the more you win. So there is nothing like balancing, there is no
equity in democracy.
“There is no moral conscience. Democracy is blind to
ethnicity, it is blind to religion, it is blind to fairness, it is repugnant to
natural justice.”
The governor reiterated his commitment to ensuring the
zoning of the governorship ticket of the state to the southern senatorial
district in 2023.
In December, while welcoming some members of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, Ayade had said it was the turn of the
southern senatorial district to produce the next governor of the state.
The governor said the governorship rotational principle had
been in place in the state since 1999.
“It is against this background that I will keep to my words.
2023 is a harbinger of peace, equity and justice so that every one of us will
have a sense of equity and sense of balance to maintain and sustain our
politics,” Ayade had said.
“This will enable everybody to know his turn at every given
time.”
Ayade said his decision to return power to the south was
based on morality and that the south had credible people with the capacity to
be governor.
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