Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, former
Emir of Kano, has said zoning may
leave Nigeria with two “useless
presidential candidates” in 2023.
Currently, the issue of zoning has
heated up the polity as the governors
are divided along the north and south.
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While Southern governors have
demanded that their region should
produce the next president, their
northern counterparts have said
rotational presidency is
unconstitutional.
But speaking on an Arise Television
programme, Sanusi said he has
always been opposed to the idea of
rotational presidency .
He said what Nigeria needs at the
moment is a president who can
deliver.
“I have always objected to this idea
that we should focus on where the
president comes from. We have got
southern governors saying we want
the presidency and some northern
governors saying that they want it in
the north. Have you noticed that
nobody has given the name of what
they want?” he said.
“This whole thing is to corner the
presidency to one part of the country
and the big masquerade will come
out. And that is why at the end of the
exercise, you end up as Nigeria…
presented with two useless
candidates. Those who want to be
president should show their face
either from the north or the south.
“Meanwhile, we have before us very
serious issues. You have a simple
issue of electronic transmission of
results which is designed to make the
electoral process fairer and you have
people saying that they do not want
it, shamelessly announcing to the
country that they want to rig. Why are
we not talking about these issues?
“The greatest weakness we have as a
country is that we do not think. We
are very smart when it comes to
making money by doing our work but
we do not apply critical intellect to
and these guys just take the entire
country for a ride.
“Give me a president from any part of
the country who can deliver and we
should vote for him. He is not taking
the presidency to his hometown.”
Sanusi, however, noted that although
he’s an advocate of less money at the
centre, the governors slamming the
federal government are also guilty of
not distributing funds to the local
government.
He said, “I don’t want to talk about
this matter because it’s in court but
what we need is to learn how to
distribute our resources properly.
“I’m a strong advocate of less money
at the centre because this puts too
much concentration on money from
Abuja but the bulk of this Tax
problem comes from not
implementing what we have.
“These governors fighting for VAT are
extremely undemocratic they hold on
to money meant for the local
government yet keeps complaining.
“The state governors complain what
federal government do to them but
don’t care about what they do to the
local government, thereby ignoring the
constitution.
“If we really want to put in for
federalism we need to respect our
constitution and do it at all tiers of
government then I believe our
constitution can work.
“ Let’s make what we have work and
we’ll see this constitution is not that
bad.”https://dailytrust.com/sanusi-zoning-may-leave-us-with-useless-presidential-candidates-in-2023 mynd44 lalasticlala

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