{"id":1445,"date":"2019-08-18T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2019-08-18T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T07:36:12","slug":"no-end-to-zoning-until-south-north-east-produce-president-in-2023-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/18\/no-end-to-zoning-until-south-north-east-produce-president-in-2023-orji-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"No End To Zoning Until South\/North East Produce President in 2023 – Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has cautioned the \nnorthern political elite against canvassing an end to rotational \npresidency as from 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalu,\n a two-term governor of Abia State, stated this in an interview with our\n correspondent in Abuja following the call by the Governor of Kaduna \nState, Nasir el-Rufai, for an end to power shift in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\n maintained that nobody should canvass an end to power shift until the \nSouth-East and the North-East geopolitical zones had produced the \nPresident of Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \nprincipal officer of the senate noted that the agreement at the end of \nthe 1978 national conference was that all the major ethnic groups in \nNigeria must produce the President on a rotational basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\n said, \u201cCalling for an end to the zoning arrangement now will not bring \npeace to Nigeria. We have to complete the zoning system. That was the \nagreement at the earlier constitutional conference. All the major ethnic\n groups must produce the President before we would all agree that zoning\n has ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCanvassing the \nabolition of rotational presidency at this point is not in the interest \nof the country. It will not bring about unity. Anybody that is saying \nthat the zoning arrangement for the Presidency of Nigeria should be \nabolished now is trying to cause civil and constitutional crisis which \nis not good for the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\n should manage the crises at hand carefully in this country without \ncausing further havoc. Currently, the unity of the country is under \nthreat with the insecurity of lives and property across Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalu\n warned against causing disunity among Nigerians but rather, everyone \nmust work together to bring the nation back to a stable and peaceful \nstate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernor el-Rufai should\n know that the South-East and the North-East must produce the President \nbefore his call for the abolition of rotational presidency could be \nconsidered and adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce \nthe two zones have produced the President of Nigeria,  then the position\n could be free for all. We have started the current zoning arrangement \nand we can\u2019t change the rules in the middle of the game,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South\/North east people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VAM News Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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