2023: Zoning presidency to South not 'a must', says Zulum - Punch Newspapers
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said that it is not a must that the next president of Nigeria must emerge from the Southern region of the country.
The governor, who reiterated his support for power to shift to the southern part of the country, cautioned his colleagues that politics is a game of numbers.On Monday, the governors had declared support for the rotational presidency, saying the next president should come from the South. Rising from the meeting, the chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, read the communiqué agreed to by member states.
“The forum reiterates its commitment to the politics of equity, fairness and unanimously agreed that the Presidency of Nigeria be rotated between southern and northern Nigeria and resolved that the next president of Nigeria should emerge from the south,” he had said.