{"id":83407,"date":"2021-07-09T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83407"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:25:26","slug":"2023-presidency-zoning-not-constitutionally-recognised-says-yahaya-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-presidency-zoning-not-constitutionally-recognised-says-yahaya-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Presidency: Zoning not constitutionally recognised, says Yahaya Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704829402981576496\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said the 1999 Constitution does not recognise the zoning of Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>He said this just days after southern governors issued a communique after a meeting in Lagos demanding that the next president of Nigeria must come from their region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday at the First Annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria\u2019s Political and Crime Correspondents held in Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, the North-Central governor favoured merit above zoning.<\/p>\n<p>Bello, however, stated that equity must be followed if the 2023 presidency has to be zoned.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said, \u201cOn zoning presidency to a particular zone in 2023, we must apply equity in the process. Democracy is all about free will. Let no political party limit the choice to a particular zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZoning is not recognised in the 1999 Constitution, it\u2019s absolutely, unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we must continue with the sentiment of rotational Presidency, it\u2019s okay, but let\u2019s do it right in the interest of equity, fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not take it from 1999, let\u2019s go back to 1960. From the Independence, all the leaders we had, you will discover that all other geo-political zones as it exists today at one time had a position of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 2023 presidential election, let the best candidate emerge who will unify and solve the problems of this country we are facing today, who will build on the legacies of Mr. President. It\u2019s high time the youth take over the affairs of this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always led from the front based on equity, fairness and justice. To be a leader, I will say let us be sincere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYounger generations are taking charge across the world. It is high time we look for a credible candidate based on merit and not by zoning.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cAs the clarion call goes forth for 2023, one can easily discern by events such as this that the Organised Media in Nigeria is already working hard to crack the complex equation of who the next Nigerian President should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can say is that in factoring your 2023 equations, please allow yourselves to be guided by national interest to input the following factors: Youthfulness, courage, security, diversity, clear records in successfully managing diversity which is where most post-independence leaders of Nigeria have failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso very important, the inescapable point of equity, that is, that only the North-Central and South-East Geopolitical Zones of this country have not held the Presidency or Vice Presidency, the two highest offices in the land, since the return to civilian rule in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll talks of zoning must be the handmaid of equity or we are merely playing dangerous politics and healing the wounds of the country deceitfully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf one is able to develop a genuine love for the people he leads, it becomes even easier to take only those actions that benefit the people every time. This will ultimately help you succeed and also secure your legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeadership is, therefore, the means to a lot of potentially awesome ends, but it is not an end in itself. It gives you a platform to do good and effect change. I am determined to give it my best now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state of the nation today places a burden on us as leaders to act intentionally towards national healing and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTribe and religion, as we all know, are the major components of our diversity as a nation. They are meant to be our greatest strengths, working together to give Nigeria a wider spectrum of choices and more competitiveness in the comity of nations, and in the human and social indices of national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we have steadily mismanaged these gifts and they have started turning toxic on us, becoming, for the most part, instruments of exclusion and coercive politics, as well as marginalisation and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result is a citizenry at cross-purposes and a nation that is practically at her wits\u2019 end.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said the 1999 Constitution does not recognise the zoning of Presidency. 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