A Socio-Political group under the auspices of ” Country First Movement” said there is no Constitutional backing for Zoning or Rotational Presidency.
The Coordinator of the group, Mr Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia stated this while briefing Journalists in Abuja Nigeria’s capital.
The Coordinator noted that recent agitations by an socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Indigbo on rotational presidency is a party agreements that is not backed by law as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.
According to Nwaokobia, the statement by Ohaneze clearly expose the group’s disrespect and disregard for youths.
He said, ” what those who believe in Igbo Presidency should do is deploy tact and diplomacy rather than blackmail and diatribe, because those who believe in competency and capacity as the linchpin for the President we crave come 2023 cannot and will not be cowed.”
” I am a Nigerian of Igbo extraction, and do not subscribe to Rotational Presidency, and there are millions of Igbo who believe that Competency and Capacity must denominate the entire space of our politics as 2023 approaches.”
“Infact the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended provides for the freedom of all citizens above the age of 35 who possess the requisite qualification to aspire to the office of President. To zone and or restrict the High Office of President to a particular region or zone is therefore unconstitutional,” he added.
According to him, the “1998 meeting at the National University Commission Conference Centre in Abuja referred to in the Ohaneze Nd’Igbo statement did not settle the issue of zoning and or rotational presidency. Yes, there were persuasive arguments on the need for zoning but no such thing was agreed upon”, he added.
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