The Igbo who have been clamouring to occupy the seat of Nigeria’s President come 2023, for equity and justice are in for another disappointment. None of the big parties is likely to zone the plum office to them, this, according to a former Nasarawa State Governor, Senator Abdullahi Adamu representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District. Adamu says zoning the presidency to any ethnic group is unconstitutional.
Though he said he sympathizes with the Igbo, but going by the law, he insists it is unconstitutionally. No sentiments.
Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Adamu said there is no constitutional provision for zoning and anyone seeking to be President can only achieve that by being voted into office.
His words: “Nowhere in the Nigerian Constitution does it say we should zone any public office. There is federal character, but not that parties must zone positions for Presidency during election.
“Yes, somebody is saying the East has not had a President. I agree and I sympathise. But the Constitution says you can only become President through the ballot box.
“We have been saying it during elections that every vote must count. So, why do you want to zone? Let us just go by merit. Let every party find a way of selling itself in a manner that will garner the kind of votes that will win the election. It is as simple as that.
“Do we have anything like that in the American Constitution? It is democracy. Why do you want to change it? Wishful thinking only. How do you zone it?
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