2023: Count Me Out Of Any Plan For Zoning – Lamido Declares

Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido has submitted that zoning the 2023 presidency is not a progressive idea and he doesn’t support it.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain added that zoning does not allow the emergence of the best candidate and should not be encouraged.

Naija News reports Lamido stated this during a recent interview with the British Broadcasting Service (BBC).

In his view, Nigerians and the political parties should be less concerned about the ethnicity, religion, or zone a leader should emerge from but rather focus attention on the capabilities and credibility of individuals.

He said: “When it comes to the issue of zoning, count me out. At this moment we should be thinking in advance way that is to apply modern politics as practice in the world. Nigeria as a country should begin to work towards the unity, peace, progress and economic development of the country and its citizens.

“For me, that is the leader I want to support. Anybody that is ready and committed to making Nigeria great should be encouraged and supported wherever he comes from. I don’t mind his tribe, his religion or region, that is the person we should all support. Look at our country today, where has the zoning taken us to?” he asked.

Speaking on the controversies surrounding the planned removal of fuel subsidy, Lamido declared that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are only intentionally playing politics with Nigerians.

Lamido said Buhari only condemned past administrations on fuel subsidy so as to get the peoples’ votes.

He said: “I always laugh with excitement about this issue of subsidy removal by this government. Buhari and his party (APC) has been slashing the past governments about fuel subsidy. He said it was a scam and Nigerians were being defrauded and so on, but look at them now.

“This man ruled Nigeria over 30 years ago, he served as minister of petroleum and he wants to tell us that he doesn’t know what petroleum is all about? A former minister of petroleum to tell you that he doesn’t know about fuel subsidy? He just did it to get votes.”