2023: El-Rufai Speaks, Reveals Why South Should Produce Next President |MUST READ
Afnews Editor
Aug 08, 2020
Barely a week after President Muhammadu Buhari's closest ally and nephew, Malam Mamman Daura spoke against zoning of presidency ahead of the 2023 election, Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufa'i has said the next President should come from the South.
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He also denied nursing any presidential ambition, saying he does not want to be President.
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El-Rufa'i stated these in an interview with the Hausa service of the BBC monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna on Saturday.
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The Governor noted though the arrangement to zone or rotate presidency among the various regions of Nigeria is unconstitutional, it is a gentleman political accord that must be respected by the two regions.
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According to him: "The southern part of the country is supposed to produce the president come 2023.
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"I don't support a northerner to vie for the seat after President Muhammadu Buhari, based on Nigeria's political arrangement.
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"After President Muhammadu Buhari would have spent eight years by 2023, the right is that, no northerner should contest, the south two should have its shot for eight years.
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"I am taking this position not because I agree that that is how leadership should be selected, but because that is how Nigeria politics is for now.
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"I believe there is no developed country across the world that considers leadership based on where someone comes from.
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"However, in Nigerian politics, there is an arrangement that we all believe on rotational leadership. We are aware of that, anyone who denies that is wrong,ÔÇØ he said.
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Speaking on Kaduna, El-Rufa'i said while he is in support of zoning and rotational presidency, he is not in support of such arrangement in Kaduna.
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According to him: "In Kaduna, I don't work with people because they came from a particular zone. I instead work with you based on your capacity to deliver on the assigned task and your ability to keep public trust.ÔÇØ
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On his rumoured presidential aspiration for the presidency, he said it has been there since the time he was the FCT Minister.
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"It is a baseless speculation. I don't want to be president; only God decides someone's future whether you like it or not, I have never shown interest for the presidency,ÔÇØ El-Rufa'i said.
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