Tag: Power Rotation

Power Rotation: Southerners must have their eight years after Buhari, says El-Rufai

Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday said the Presidency should be zoned the south in 2023. Speaking on Saturday, in an interview with BBC Hausa, El-Rufai said he will not support a northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He added that it is baseless for anyone to insinuate that he would contest for presidency in 2023, saying he does not have any interest in the seat. El-Rufai said the idea of rotating the presidency may not be constitutional, but it is based on the country’s political arrangement.…

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Zoning: Afenifere, Ohanaeze, others attack Mamman Daura over 2023 Presidency

Ishaku Yohanna

Nnia Nwodo, the President-General of Igbo apex socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to statement attributed to Mallam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s cousin, and a person considered to be the head of the presidential ‘cabal.’ Mamman Daura   in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service was quoted to have said that the election of the president in 2023 should not be based on zoning but on competence. According to him, the zoning formula which had been adopted since 1999 in the election of the country’s leader, has failed. However,…

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