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The only rotational known wether constitutional or not is president:
North Vs South.
8 years each!

And what is wrong if he wants to be president?

miyagi01:
Deputy Speaker Kalu wan dey position himself to become president on behalf of SE or why on earth is he the one sponsoring this bill😂

P1PrinceKT:
Why will the presidency be rotated? Let's great candidate come out from whatever region he is we would vote for him.

Like the one we’ve had in the past abi?
The great candidates like Buhari? Like Tinubu? Like Obasanjo? Like Jonathan?

This is a beautiful bill that would’ve quelled ethnic tensions and this guys missed a huge opportunity to help this country truly unite.

Imagine if Tinubu ran against only other yorubas from the south west, or Peter Obi ran against only igbos from the south east, do you think the tension would exist??

The only alternative is to guarantee free, transparent, and fair elections but since that hasn’t happened, we must work with every region to ensure that when their turn reach, they are only running against themselves.

Some people sha want to use the backdoor quota system to become president by force.

So if a region does not have credible candidates when it's their turn we'll now be forced to settle for one of those bad candidates. If we want to practice true democracy as it's practiced in western countries, it should be government of the people, for the people and by the people, it does not matter where the candidates the people want come from. What we have to pay a special attention to is a genuine electoral reform that will guarantee that whosoever the people vote for will be announced as the winner, not the type of reforms by Apc, for Apc by their partner in crime, Mahmoud Yakubu.

There's no one-fit-size for democracy. Every country should shape democracy according to its unique traits. This rotation of power would have been the best.

It is well

[quote author=fergie001 post=135352686][/quote] good,it remains that useless indigene bill……no food for lazy man, every man must do the hardwork to gain power

Justnation:
Rotational presidency is the best option for Nigeria and the only option that will stop the disintegration of Nigeria.

Nigerian presidency has been rotating between the south west and north west since 1999 ( only a Jonathan time occasioned by unforseen circumstances).
This situation cannot persist and you expect Nigeria to remain a united country, it is not possible

power is not given like eze chieftaincy title…..all over the world, people fight for power, btw what are guys scared of? I thought we made to believe bitter obi is popular and he can win the vote of every Nigerian both south and north

He should test his popularity once more,afterall he as the solution to all the problem in Nigeria and he also made Anambala look like dubia

Those who sit on justice and equity while promoting injustice, will cry in the future, because there will never be peace without equity and your country will never amount to anything this way.

franchasng:
Check names of Reps that rejected the bill, they are all Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas, the two Siamese twins that have swore that Nigeria will never move forward in equity, fairness and justice.

The forces of nature are taking note, time will make you people understand better, continue

stop crying……bitter obi must contest, he should do the hard work like everyone else, there is no free meal even in free town

magicminister:
Like the one we’ve had in the past abi?
The great candidates like Buhari? Like Tinubu? Like Obasanjo? Like Jonathan?

This is a beautiful bill that would’ve quelled ethnic tensions and this guys missed a huge opportunity to help this country truly unite.

Imagine if Tinubu ran against only other yorubas from the south west, or Peter Obi ran against only igbos from the south east, do you think the tension would exist??

The only alternative is to guarantee free, transparent, and fair elections but since that hasn’t happened, we must work with every region to ensure that when their turn reach, they are only running against themselves.

I believe North and South too will serve the purpose.

You are indirectly saying that an Ibo man (SE) will never be President.
Do you realise that?
Same like Wike who was ranting that PDP should zone the 2027 Presidency to the South but could not follow through to say which of the South - SS, SW or SE.

fergie001:
Whilst the bill is a good one, I support its rejection.
It will exacerbate the problem it is trying to solve.

But it's still unfair, don't you think?


Which North?
North Central or North East?

Which South?
South East?

Going by your choice of a global South and global North, these zones in the North and South above mentioned will never produce a President until rapture.
Do you agree?

favour32:
The only rotational known wether constitutional or not is president:
North Vs South.
8 years each!

The should include secession since rotatational presidency is a crime. I know it would be northerners that will oppose it. Most of them have bad agenda for other regions in the south, especially for southeast.

No loud am abeg, u r very famous and we know exactly why u want zoning but don't want zoning.
But even Shettima knows he will never be President coming from the North East.

Chucks13:
Good, I love that. If even rotation has to occur it is either The North or The South nothing like six geo political anywhere.

Amen to that.
They want zoning but they don't want zoning.
He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
When will the NC, NE and SE produce a Presidency?
When?
Thank God say I no be Igbo.

pazienza:
Those who sit on justice and equity while promoting injustice, will cry in the future, because there will never be peace without equity and your country will never amount to anything this way.

I think the MAJOR reason the bill was rejected is to avoid the possibility of producing a president of SE extraction.
THE FEAR OF THE IGBO NATION IS COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COUNTRY.

franvincoop:
You are indirectly saying that an Ibo man (SE) will never be President.
Do you realise that?
Same like Wike who was ranting that PDP should zone the 2027 Presidency to the South but could not follow through to say which of the South - SS, SW or SE.

I didn't say that

P1PrinceKT:
I believe North and South too will serve the purpose.

That can only work if INEC operates without fear or favor and unbiased with elections being transparent, free and fair!!

The 2023 election is a stain on our democracy and things like is capable of breaking our already fragile country!

If they cannot deliver, then let all region have rotation! That would end tribalism and reduce ethic tensions

RichBoy247:
Okay nah.

Igbos want the Presidency to be zoned to their bill, it will never happen. Go and contest with others. Face your fears again and again until you conquer it.

Tinubu took on the whole saboteurs and traitors in APC and conquered them. Atikulation Abubakar took on the whole PDP and snatched the party ticket, only Bitter Obituary ran away from PDP primary and when to get a free uncontested ticket in LP. You people should stop this cowardice

When will this your foolishness stop?
Maybe when tinumpuuu starts ruling well
For now continue with your foolishness...

As e dey ship dey go small small, Each region will have their own Government before 2050!

ALTERNATEID:
They made a very big mistake. Nigeria will never know true peace and unity until we legally define how to rotate power between the competing zones/ethnicity. The ethnic tension we are having today is largely as a result of the competition for presidential power and nothing else. With rotation legally defined, everyone will simply wait for their turn instead of constantly trying to tear down the government headed by an opposing/competing ethnicity/ zone.

Fulanis are too hungry and desperate for power they don't have the patience to wait for their turn.

Rotational presidency is tantamount to mediocrity. Meritocracy is the way to progress, the best man winning, not based on rotation.

How can this country be good without rotational presidency? Every state want their governorship to be rotational. Every Local government wants their chairmanship to be rotational. Even every community wants their traditional rulership to be rotational. What is then wrong in Nigeria presidency being rotational?

P1PrinceKT:
Why will the presidency be rotated? Let's the best candidate come out from whatever region he is we would vote for him.

True talk

So the likes of Tinubu and Buhari are the best men?


Your submission is analytically deprived!


Rotatational presidency has its limitations but based on ethnographic constitution of Nigerian state population and lack of integrity in the affairs of electoral umpire, rotational presidency would dilute the influence of Nigeria belong to us primordial sentiments in Nigeria Leadership equation.

I am not worried much over the issues in Nigeria polity since core Northern region who oppose this still remain underdeveloped region in Nigeria history.


What have they achieved since their serial rulership in Nigeria.

The fair better under GEJ than Buhari!

Even the elites that benefit from such opportunity is only while they are in power.

After leaving office for one year they become impoverished!

dederocs:
Rotational presidency is tantamount to mediocrity. Meritocracy is the way to progress, the best man winning, not based on rotation.

franvincoop:
But it's still unfair, don't you think?


Which North?
North Central or North East?

Which South?
South East?

Going by your choice of a global South and global North, these zones in the North and South above mentioned will never produce a President until rapture.
Do you agree?

You are correct.
Nigeria has been programmed by forces beyond our control.
If we apply sentiment, president is expected to go round each zone.
But here,they don't think that way but only North/ South, as politicians have divided the people through tribalism and religion.

Justnation:
Rotational presidency is the best option for Nigeria and the only option that will stop the disintegration of Nigeria.

Nigerian presidency has been rotating between the south west and north west since 1999 ( only a Jonathan time occasioned by unforseen circumstances).
This situation cannot persist and you expect Nigeria to remain a united country, it is not possible

I love how it's been thrown away. Anything to unite this country as it is now is Capital NO!
Instead of rotational presidency, let's go for full resource control at least that's if balkanization will not be possible.

Why the brouhaha about presidency is just about who controls the wealth of the nation per time.
Rotational presidency cannot solve the problem of marginalization, let's not be emotional about it rather it will escalate it. The problem will then be which state in the geopolitical zone will produce? Then another round of issues start. Also, don't forget that if by act of Parliament, such is injected into our constitution, imagine if a president like OBJ emerges and have a Senate president like Akpabio, speaker like Masari and CJN like Tanko Muhammad that arrangements will be altered and another round of issues will occur.
To me what will solve all this power agitation is full Resource Control at the geopolitical level then tax is being paid to the federal government for strictly national necessities, nobody will want to agitate for presidency again and then rigging will be out and will be fully on merit. Because the real power will be at the regional level and then you can manage it as you like.

There's no region in Nigeria that is bereft of commercially viable mineral resources so, what we really need is resource control and not rotational presidency