Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has said it amounts to injustice for the North to continue to agitate to produce the President in 2015.<\/p>\n
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF led by Dr. Ango Abdullah and Dr. Junaid Mohammed have been leading the campaign\u00a0 for the North to produce the President in the 2015.<\/p>\n
Kalu maintained that while the North never had it so good under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Presidency, the south is still marginalised.<\/p>\n
According to him, “the Vice President,the Senate President,Speaker of the House,Chief Justice of the Federation,Chief of Defence Staff and even the Chairman of the ruling party,are all northerners.They cannot rule in2015,enough of the power struggle”,he said.<\/p>\n
The ex-governor opined that it would be the height of injustice to vote in a northerner in 2015,while ignoring calls of marginalisation by the South-east.<\/p>\n
“Fact is, we have given too much to our northern brothers.They have 20 states,the South has 17.I count the Federal Capital Territory as a state because the Minister,like state governors, has an Aide de Camp[ADC].Unfortunately,there are only five states in the South-east,”Kalu added.<\/p>\n
“The north must reciprocate our magnanimity.Independence was delayed to wait for the north.Only once in our history have we had the Numbers One and Two positions occupied by men from one divide.It happened under the Muhammadu Buhari\\Tunde Idiagbon regime.Both came from the north.In 2011,the Yoruba donated the position of\u00a0 Speaker to the north.There were no riots.Please,let the north give this nation a breather,”Kalu said.<\/p>\n
The former governor called on northern leaders not to overheat the polity by raising eyebrows about 2015,since in his words,”Nigeria stands on a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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