Some Candidates And Running Mates Fight Before Inauguration Day – Jonathan

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has advocated that presidential and governorship candidates should contest with their running mates for the party’s ticket during primary elections.

He stated this on Tuesday when he spoke about the disagreements that sometimes occur between the candidates and their running mates before the eventual inauguration.

Naija News reports that Jonathan spoke in his capacity as the chairman of the event during the launch of a book titled “Deputising and Governance in Nigeria” which was written by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.

He said the bad relationship is what leads to some deputies getting impeached during their tenures and called on the National Assembly to make legislations that can correct such.

According to him, “When we were elected in 1999, in some States, the relationship between the Governor-elect and Deputy Governor-elect became frosty even before the inauguration.

“To me, I am thinking that the National Assembly should look at it.”

As a solution, Jonathan recommended that candidates and their deputies should run together for the party ticket as against the current situation where running mates are selected after a candidate emerges from the primaries.

The former Bayelsa State Governor said if this is adopted, there would be fewer issues after the primaries and the country’s democracy will be the beneficiary.

“For you to qualify to run for the primaries as a governorship candidate, you should run with your deputy, same thing at the federal level,” he said.