…Uzodinma makes case for merit
By Nnamdi Okiego & Kennedy Mbele
Amid controversy over the propriety of rotational presidency between North and South, Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said no northerner should contest for the presidency in 2023.
El-Rufai expressed his personal opinion on what has become a divisive subject, dismissing insinuations that he was interested in the race.
The governor, who made the statement in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, had also made a similar remark last year.
His latest statement came on the heels of Alhaji Mamman Daura’s assertion that merit should determine who becomes President instead of zoning.
Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew aired his views also in an interview with BBC Hausa Service.
El-Rufai said: “In Nigerian politics, there is a system of rotation, in which everyone agrees that if the north rules for eight years, the south will rule for eight years. That is why I came out and said…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
