BICKERING OVER 2023, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Yesterday, the bickering over which region should produce the President in 2023 made the major headlines, adding a corrosively divisive ting to an already badly fractured polity.

While we recognise the freedom of expression of every Nigerian, utmost care is needed now more than ever before not to complicate the delicate situation of the country by pitching one section of the country against another. This will be pouring gasoline into a raging inferno. Nigeria is technically at war in the North East, North West and some parts of North Central Zone. Hundreds of thousands of lives, including that of children are already lost, millions are displaced, economy and livelihood disrupted. What is needed now are conversations that can help national cohesion, not ones that will further tear the country apart.

We need the unity of the country to confront our security challenges, as well as the economic challenges confronting most Nigerians. Where the President comes from and his or her religious persuasion are irrelevant.

If we allow Ethnic nationality groups prompted by different factions of the political elites to continue to drive the debate on our future, we shall soon arrive at 350 confusing pathways as Nigeria is made up of 350 ethnic groups.

The other day, I saw a video of people speaking that even if the Yorubas are to produce a President, it can not be from Ogun, Lagos axis again after Awo, Obasanjo, Abiola, Shonekan, Diya, Osinbajo and so on and so forth. This is what you get if you yield the polity to ethno religious tantrums.

Nigeria is a modern State, not an ethnic Federation. Its subnational component are States and Local Governments and her primary focus is citizenship rights not regional and ethnic charters.

What ever hue and cry that were raised in the past about a section of the country been excluded from being President (assuming the claims were correct) has been settled by our experience since 1999 return to democracy. Of the 22 years since 1999, the nation as seen 14 years of President from Southern Origin -Obasanjo's 8 years and Ebele Jonathan's 6 years. When Buhari by the Grace of God ends his tenure in 2023, we would have seen Presidents of Northern origin for 10 years. This should be enough to lay to rest the divisive arguments about power rotation.

Power rotation argument is always emotive and it tears Nations apart; exactly what led to genocide in Rwanda causing the killings of 800,000 souls and same thing that ignited the collapse of Yugoslavia to an extent that virtually every county wanted to become a country.

Any politician that wants to contest to be President from wherever can jolly well jump into the ring, there is no need to continously blackmail the country by hiding under ethnic nationality groups. While political parties can Zone party offices they have no power to zone elective offices. It is the constitutional right of every Nigerian who meets the qualification criteria to stand for elective office regardless of their ethnic descent or religious persuasion. There is no need to split hot air over this any further.

What Nigeria needs are conversations that can strengthen National unity, inspire hope for Peace, Security and Prosperity.

Enough is Enough!

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North has apologized for their evil against Jonathan...
Yoruba people still Dey claim nonsense.. while abusing same northerners they’re counting on to deliver their Tinubu..
.. using Yoruba TUFACED diplomacy to rope innocent south and east into their agenda of southern governors bla bla ..

So unfortunate they’ve failed.. their agenda flopped before their faces ..
Aketi can only make noise .. after which he joins his Yoruba goons on that very sojourn to political wilderness that they’ve always been till Buhari came along in 2015..
only this time .. their propaganda machine is dead.. who knows .. what they wish to others have finally reach them.
Southern president my arse.. Yoruba political deceit.. deceiving themselves .. think they’re doing others .

Personally, I'm one of the few southerner who cares less whether the next president should be either from the south,north,east or west.......
My own na be say,make better person be president....We don't want any president who'll be up-there doing nothing while the presidency will just be doing all his work

Enough is really enough.....We want a human being who has got a head in his neck,not a puppet or mannequin who's totally ignorant on how to govern a state.

South is for the presidency and vice versa

fairness, equity and good conscience is the only way out.

10 years ago this was a non issue for PDP

I miss the Obasanjo era

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Someone should explain to me bikooo

North East, North West and some parts of North Central Zone. And that's of south east is not a war abi. Bigot journalist...

Yorubas think they're smart they'll use Media to say whatever they want against the North to intimidate the North. Lol. Northerners don't do talk, talk and talk. We simply walk the walk, just embrace your IPOB terrorists, Oduduwa agitators....... let's go from there. Show your real colors

Nasoo

Na wa o

Southerner for president or nothing....

Sonnobax15:

Personally, I'm one of the few southerner who cares less whether the next president should be either from the south,north,east or west.......
My own na be say,make better person be president....We don't want any president who'll be up-there doing nothing while the presidency will just be doing all his work

Enough is really enough.....We want a human being who has got a head in his neck,not a puppet or mannequin who's totally ignorant on how to govern a state.

Say no to a Lifeless president again.....

We need young and visionary leaders....

Okay

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Say no to a Lifeless president again.....

We need young and visionary leaders....

I no call any person name oh

Am very grateful oh Allah

Olawepo, though Yoruba, represents the North Central based on his state of origin. His chance of clinching APC presidential ticket is less than 10 percent, just like Yahya Bello.

On the issue of rotation, the attitude of the current government is what has really fuelled this. If we all see each other as one, nobody would care where the president comes from.

But this government has been the most ethnically divisive government in Nigeria's recent history.

All this ethnic bellyaching is from the yeribas and igboes.

I can excuse the igboes but the yeribas are the true definition of malcontents.

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Asgard73:
North has apologized for their evil against Jonathan...
Yoruba people still Dey claim nonsense.. while abusing same northerners they’re counting on to deliver their Tinubu..
.. using Yoruba TUFACED diplomacy to rope innocent south and east into their agenda of southern governors bla bla ..

So unfortunate they’ve failed.. their agenda flopped before their faces ..
Aketi can only make noise .. after which he joins his Yoruba goons on that very sojourn to political wilderness that they’ve always been till Buhari came along in 2015..
only this time .. their propaganda machine is dead.. who knows .. what they wish to others have finally reach them.
Southern president my arse.. Yoruba political deceit.. deceiving themselves .. think they’re doing others .

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The best and most qualified should win biko

Just that northerners have a demonic way of manipulating aso rock

Olawepo Hashim is right, everybody should aspire, but only the best should win

Sonnobax15:

Personally, I'm one of the few southerner who cares less whether the next president should be either from the south,north,east or west.......
My own na be say,make better person be president....We don't want any president who'll be up-there doing nothing while the presidency will just be doing all his work

Enough is really enough.....We want a human being who has got a head in his neck,not a puppet or mannequin who's totally ignorant on how to govern a state.

lol

fixing Nigeria, we need to make the center less attractive. As lomg as the center is hugely attractive and powerful, there will always be ethnic sentiments.

There is nothing we can do about it. Humans will be humans. As developed as Europeans are, they are still resists. So, what that tells u is that humans will always be selfish. Self interest first. What humans can do is to put in place measures to reduce the impact of self driven interests. In the case of Nigeria, reduce the powers of the central govt and make it less attractive.

Asgard73:
North has apologized for their evil against Jonathan...
Yoruba people still Dey claim nonsense.. while abusing same northerners they’re counting on to deliver their Tinubu..
.. using Yoruba TUFACED diplomacy to rope innocent south and east into their agenda of southern governors bla bla ..

So unfortunate they’ve failed.. their agenda flopped before their faces ..
Aketi can only make noise .. after which he joins his Yoruba goons on that very sojourn to political wilderness that they’ve always been till Buhari came along in 2015..
only this time .. their propaganda machine is dead.. who knows .. what they wish to others have finally reach them.
Southern president my arse.. Yoruba political deceit.. deceiving themselves .. think they’re doing others .

God bless you Bro

This stupid Hashim should shut the Bleep. Where there are no justice there can not be peace. #End Nigeria now.

I keep wondering how the imaginary elites are the problem when the government itself is complicit by action or inaction then u blame non existing elites smehere in space for ur security problems?

Since this man is in Apc let him talk to his leadership to act and do the right thing not expending so energy and rapt attention chasing igboho and Kanu alone.

bilms:
BICKERING OVER 2023, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.



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Some Yoruba ask for use of rotation of presidency to enable south present a successor to PMB.

But in the south, these type of Yorubas do not want rotation because Yoruba knows that it’s the turn of the Igbo to succeed PMB.
Yoruba believes that because more Yoruba than Igbo voted for PMB, it’s a right for Yoruba to preside over Nigeria for the 2nd time before the Igbo since 1999. What a selfish calculus.

That’s at the root of the bickering over which region shall produce president in 2023.

alphaconde:
fairness, equity and good conscience is the only way out.

10 years ago this was a non issue for PDP

I miss the Obasanjo era

I swear down!!