2023: I Don’t Support Zoning of Political Offices, Prominent PDP Chieftain

• The former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido has expressed his thoughts on the zoning of political offices in Nigeria
• The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party disclosed that he is not in support of zoning, questioning where it has taken the country
• According to Lamido, the idea of zoning of political offices has been counter-productive despite the stance of his party

A former governor of Jigawa state and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has faulted zoning of political offices.

The Punch reports that Lamido who made this disclosure during an interview with BBC Hausa, declared that he doesn’t support the idea.

Lamido argued that zoning of political offices has been counter-productive, adding that such should be put aside for now.

Despite the stance of his party on zoning, the former governor stated that the welfare and unity of Nigerians should take centre stage.

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He went on to note that instead of talking about zoining, discussions should be held on how best to build Nigerians and how to ensure unity among the people.

Lamido said as a national politician, he is ready to support whoever is a capable candidate regardless of religion or ethnicity.

He said:

“I don’t care whether such person is a Muslim or Christian, a Hausa or Angas or Yoruba. If he is capable, bring him on. We should forget about this zoning issue because where has it taken us positively as a country?”

Nigeria is not ready to drop zoning system

However, in nother report by Nigerian Tribune, Sam Ohuabunwa, a presidential aspirant of the PDP saod Nigeria is not yet ripe to drop the zoning system.

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Ohuabunwa explained that given the country’s level of political development and ethnic diversity dropping the zoning arrangement would not be a good idea for now.

He went on to note that PDP’s constitution recognized the imperative of the rotational clause in the effort to ensure equity and justice for the constituent parts of the country.

2023: Nigeria’s presidency open to all zones, Northern group warns

Legit.ng previously reported that a northern group on Wednesday, February 2, warned that Nigeria’s presidency for 2023 is open to all the six geo-political zones across the country.

The Northern Advocates for Good Governance (NAFGG), an umbrella pressure group comprising of the 19 states in the northern region warned against “the illogical pressure” by some group with sinister political interest across the nation

Speaking at a press conference attended by Legit.ng correspondent in Abuja, national coordinator for NAFGG, Mahmoud Mohammed, said some self-serving politicians have been singing that political parties zone their presidential tickets to the south.

Source: Legit.ng