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As partisans begin to make permutations with regards to zoning the Presidency in 2023 to the South, immediate-past Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu has said the north is free to contest the Presidency in so far as the region presents qualified candidates.
Speaking with journalists Thursday in Abuja, Shittu, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari said he has never been an apostle of zoning, but has always rooted for competent people.
“Honestly, as far as I am concerned, when you talk of national politics, every party must allow for primary election. Whoever is able to emerge should be the candidate. I mean, party leaders from every part of the country will take part in this primary election. Are you saying if my brother from my hometown,
Shaki wants to contest, if I find out that he has no capacity to contest, must I stupidly follow him because he is my brother, when it is not a family business? The constitution does not talk of zoning with regards to presidential election.
Speaking with journalists Thursday in Abuja, Shittu, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari said he has never been an apostle of zoning, but has always rooted for competent people.
“Honestly, as far as I am concerned, when you talk of national politics, every party must allow for primary election. Whoever is able to emerge should be the candidate. I mean, party leaders from every part of the country will take part in this primary election. Are you saying if my brother from my hometown,
Shaki wants to contest, if I find out that he has no capacity to contest, must I stupidly follow him because he is my brother, when it is not a family business? The constitution does not talk of zoning with regards to presidential election.
What the constitution says is wherever the president comes from, the vice president should come from another part of Nigeria. So, it is not about north or south. We did not vote for Buhari because he is from the north. We voted for him because of his pedigree”, he declared. (Vanguard)
