Why North Must Retain Presidency In 2023 – Northern Lawmakers

Some Northern lawmakers have stated the reason why the region deserves to retain the presidency in 2023.

Recall that the Southern Governors Forum had demanded that the presidency shift to the South in the spirit of fairness, equity and justice.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, said that the south had ruled for 14 years while the north would have ruled for 10 years at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

The lawmakers, who assembled in Abuja on the platform of advocacy for the 2023 presidential ambition of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, however, asked the governor to intensify his consultation for the top position.

Kolawole called on the participants to support the 2023 presidential aspiration of Bello, adding that the governor posses the youthful energy and requisite cognate experience needed for the development of Nigeria.

He said: “Every legislator should go back home with a view to advocating and consulting his or her constituents and stakeholders on the presidential aspiration of Governor Yahaya Bello;

“The meeting resolved that Governor Yahaya Bello is competent and indeed has cognate experience for the exalted office, the meeting, therefore, called on him to consult wider across the country;

“That the meeting reviewed the rotational presidency as advocated recently by the Southern Governors’ Forum;

“However, the northern legislators believe the rotation of the presidency should be in favour of the northern part of the country.

“This is because, from 1999, the southern part of the country has ruled the country for 14 years, while the North will be 10 years at the end of the President Buhari’s tenure in 2023;

“That a National Working Committee be constituted with a view to having wider consultation on the Governor Yahaya Bello presidential aspiration across the country.”