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Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by etokhana: 2:46am On Aug 05, 2020
Chief Olu Falae, a former national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), on Tuesday came down hard on proponents of zoning for the 2023 presidential election, saying their ambition is driven by pecuniary and selfish gains.

Speaking with Daily Independent, the former presidential candidate of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD) said that the clamour for restructuring is inevitable if the nation is to make mean­ingful progress.

He said daily talks about which zone will produce Ni­geria’s president in 2023 has made the country a laughing stock among comity of na­tions.

Falae, who said that re­structuring of Nigeria is long overdue, noted that until something was done in that direction, peace and develop­ment might continue to elude the society.

He said the experiences of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Muhammadu Bu­hari has shown that any area that produces the presidency stands to gain nothing if the country is not restructured.

He said while Obasanjo’s presidency did not benefit the South-West in anyway throughout his eight years in office, residents of Katsina State, hometown of President Buhari, are currently living in fear due to attacks by bandits while the monarchs have fled to Abuja.

“The question of rotating presidency is shadow boxing. It does not address the real issue confronting Nigeria. Where the president comes from does not solve the prob­lem of Nigeria. For example, Obasanjo, who was my former boss was president of Nigeria for eight years.

“Has his presidency of eight years solved the prob­lem of the Yoruba today? Are we not being kidnapped? Was I not kidnapped? Is there no hunger, unemployment, in­security, poor infrastructure and so on? Has his presidency solved our problems at all? Are things not getting worse? What then is the relevance of where the president comes from?

“People who are shouting about where the presidency comes from are members of the elite like myself who are hoping that either they or their friends will become president, then they will be able to make a lot of money in the process. That is their only motive for insisting on where the president comes from.

“Today, Buhari is the presi­dent of Nigeria and he is from Katsina State in the North. Presently, traditional rulers from Katsina are in Abuja, they can’t stay in their homes in Katsina. Is Buhari’s pres­idency solving the problem of banditry, unemployment, illiteracy, poverty and insecu­rity?” Falae asked.

He said as long as the coun­try is not restructured, an area will not develop even if it produces the president for 50 years.

“Let people stop deceiving us about where the president must come from. Until we re­structure Nigeria and restruc­ture opportunities, power and resources and people can de­velop themselves, we are just wasting our time. You can choose the president from the same state from now till the next 50 years, the problems in that area will still not be solved”, he said.

Falae, who insisted that true federalism of Nigeria holds the ace to the nation’s stability and economic pros­perity, added that recent de­velopments in the country have given credence to the fact that there is no better time to restructure than now.

Describing zoning as irrel­evant, he added that Nigeria will continue to slide danger­ously along the path of anar­chy and total disintegration if it is not urgently restructured.

“Zoning will always be an irrelevant matter without first of all going back to the polit­ical arrangement we inherit­ed from the British which we used for the first six years of independence, which favoured and developed Nigeria. That is what we must go back to.

“That is what we call re­structuring but the illiter­ates say they don’t know the meaning of restructuring. Restructuring is going back to that which we negotiated and inherited from the Brit­ish which was supported by Awolowo, Sardauna, Balewa and accepted by all the leaders.

“This developed Nigeria and brought peace and com­petition among the regions. That is what we should be talking about and not where the president comes from. Some people are still going about in the night killing peo­ple on their beds, burn their crops and kidnap them.

“We have become a laugh­ing stock to the rest of the world by talking about where the president will come from. He can come from anywhere in the world. We can go and bor­row him from Ghana”, he said.
https://www.independent.ng/zoning-advocates-are-pursuing-selfish-interests-olu-falae/

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by etokhana: 2:46am On Aug 05, 2020
Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by dalongjnr: 3:06am On Aug 05, 2020
True.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by clarocuzioo(m): 3:47am On Aug 05, 2020
Okoo
Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by onez: 4:02am On Aug 05, 2020
A word is enough for the wise. One of the few voices of reason remaining. let's structure first. If power should go to a certain group, it's the south East.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Nobody: 4:08am On Aug 05, 2020
Very true
All we want is the best man for the job irrespective of where you are from

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Guestlander: 4:12am On Aug 05, 2020
True talk.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by kayusely70(m): 4:46am On Aug 05, 2020
True

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by helinues: 5:15am On Aug 05, 2020
cool cool
Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by SmartProf(m): 6:18am On Aug 05, 2020
Oga u have spoken well. However, whenever u speak the truth, some herdsmen use to attack your farm.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by dignity33: 6:35am On Aug 05, 2020
only an Igboman will restructure Nigeria that is why Igboman should be voted in 2023.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by IamWonderful: 6:39am On Aug 05, 2020
Instead of zoning, restructuring should come in place

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by loopman: 6:40am On Aug 05, 2020
dignity33:
only an Igboman will restructure Nigeria that is why Igboman should be voted in 2023.


Lmaooooo. Naive

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Dedetwo(m): 6:44am On Aug 05, 2020
Zoning is a pursuit of personal interest but Quota System. When it suits them, it is for the interest of the nation however when it does not suit, it is a personal interest. Please let us go our different ways. Nigeria is a fraudulent entity.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by bigpicture001: 6:48am On Aug 05, 2020
Dedetwo:
Zoning is a pursuit of personal interest but Quota System. When it suits them, it is for the interest of the nation however when it does not suit, it is a personal interest. Please let us go our different ways. Nigeria is a fraudulent entity.

This is the comment of the day.. Plz giv him. More likes

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by dignity33: 6:59am On Aug 05, 2020
loopman:



Lmaooooo. Naive
you are the naive one here.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by loopman: 7:06am On Aug 05, 2020
dignity33:
you are the naive one here.

Mention that one igbo man in your own estimate.

Clown circus should be a thriving business in ibo land cheesy grin

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by EagleNest(m): 7:16am On Aug 05, 2020
The complexity of Nigeria, its flaws and biases, are one of the main reasons zoning was brought in to mitigate the problem of dominance in leadership from a particular region. However, like every other thing in Nigeria, it is nearing death because of very poor party electoral processes that brings in incompetent candidates like Buhari and Jonathan, because electorates are easily deceived.

Now unless Nigeria is restructured and party electoral processes more transparent, open and independent, then it is a wishful thinking to say 'best candidate'. How do you determine this and through which platform will this person rise. Which electorates will vote, the same that are easily swayed by money, religion and tribe regardless of how educated. At the end it will still benefit those politicians talked of. First do away with current system.

Change the status quo thru restructuring and change our value system, then we are talking.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by ForeThinker: 7:27am On Aug 05, 2020
This country wahala too much Abeg

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by nairavsdollars(f): 7:29am On Aug 05, 2020
True talk. Obasanjo's presidency never benefited the South West. Ordinary Lagos- Ibadan expressway he cant fix

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Piggyyeasters(f): 7:30am On Aug 05, 2020
It is Tinubu or nothing

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by PrimeWatermark: 7:30am On Aug 05, 2020
DRIVER NEEDED URGENTLY!!!

Must have a valid Driver's License and have good knowledge of Lagos road network.

Should reside not far from Badagry Expressway.
Call the number in the signature. Thank you.
Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by JesusJesus: 7:31am On Aug 05, 2020
Ok
Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Mo3891: 7:32am On Aug 05, 2020
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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by LegendOfT: 7:32am On Aug 05, 2020
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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by amasunle: 7:32am On Aug 05, 2020
Baba ooo...ododo oro leso

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by dokie: 7:33am On Aug 05, 2020
We have been saying for ever: we need to rejig this shithole of a country as anything else is a waste of time. The north has been in power for a better part of the nations independence, but is still the most poverty, illiteracy and insecurity stricken region in the country. What else do we need to know that zoning is useless?

I'm supposed to be supporting Orji Uzor Kalu who wants to be president as an igbo man; but i ask myself: to what end? Orji was useless as a governor. he couldn't do shit for Abians for 8 years, but he is supposed to now make igbo land paradise as president? Rubbish. To hell with Igbo presidency or any presidency.

Just restructure this thing or better still let all of us go our separate ways and just maybe we may see genuine progress for our various nations in our lifetime.

Ezennwa:
hmm!

Take a Yoruba man serious at your own peril.

They've had their own turn, but will make things difficult for Igbos to achieve their own ambition, all because of 2023

Igbos should start using long Spoon when it comes to Yoruba Politicians. They don't want Igbos to smell Aso Rock, but God pass them

God pass them how exactly? weather he is saying it for selfish reasons or not, what he is saying is the truth. Lets say OUK or Rochas become president tomorrow, how exactly will it favor your children and grandchildren? or you are looking for bragging rights on nairaland? The igbo man that will become president will only benefit his family and close allies from the east, west, north and south. If you do not know, there are many igbo men making a kill from this government while many people from daura are dying of hunger. There are igbos doing big contracts in lagos and many from iragbiji or wherever Tinubu is from that have died of penury. The present political system is Paddy Paddy.


AntiWailer:
Says a Presidential Candidate who contested when the Presidency was silently zoned to the South West...

There is no problem with Zoning at this stage of our democracy. If not some parts of the country will get disenfranchised and secessionist agenda will be fueled.

Weaken the center, empower the regions, stop the sharing of oil money, let every region fend for themselves, get the charlattans out of government (since free money wont be available anymore) and no one will talk about Biafra again.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by AntiWailer: 7:33am On Aug 05, 2020
Says a Presidential Candidate who contested when the Presidency was silently zoned to the South West...

There is no problem with Zoning at this stage of our democracy. If not some parts of the country will get disenfranchised and secessionist agenda will be fueled.

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Re: Olu Falae: Zoning Advocates Are Pursuing Selfish Interests by Queenlovely(f): 7:33am On Aug 05, 2020
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