Southern Presidency’ll right many wrongs, says CSOs

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Southern Presidency’ll right many wrongs, says CSOs

The agitation for Southern Presidency in 2023 assumed a front burner on Friday with the Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance calling on politicians to obey gentleman agreement which had been reached in that regard.

According to the group, allowing the South to produce President in 2023 will right many wrongs and “end every anomaly on leadership.”

The CSOs under the hashtag #TheNextPresident, also called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in line with his promise to deliver good election.

The Convener of CCSGG, Jacob Okpanachi and Secretary, Dahiru Al-Mustapha, made the suggestions during a press briefing in Abuja.

Okpanachi said, “There was a gentleman agreement that had been reached for the South to produce the President in 2023.

“Gentlemen of the press, we use this medium to appeal to Nigerians on the need for power rotation to Southern Nigeria in line with the spirit of nationalism and a call for unity, as exemplified in our leadership pattern in the previous processes of our democratic journey so far.

“Our project remains a civil society intervention programme that seeks to help reorganize electioneering by providing an interface between critical stakeholders with the view to generating discourses and activities that will enhance citizen’s participation in the leadership recruitment process 2023 general election; by creating a critical mass.

“There is insecurity, socio-economic and political instability witnessed currently in Nigeria; it is imperative that we create a fulcrum for ending every anomaly in leadership by inter alia engaging in the leadership recruitment process but first a template for success must be laid which includes this campaign. The effect of what will happen in 2023 should be done now.

“#thenextpresident as a project have seen the need for power rotation to South, a mirror effect from her most recent consultations, thus we hereby reiterate that it is sacrosanct for our political parties, opinion molders, youth and students based groups and all stakeholders to get involved in this power shift campaign.”

While commending the President for increasing the salaries of police officers, Okpanachi said his assist to the Bill would put Nigeria in the positive map of world politics.

He said, “We commend the President on the increment in the salaries of the Nigerian police force which we believe is fundamental to good performance, in the same vein we also urge him to sign the long-expected Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill into law in line with his promise to deliver to Nigerians a good election, as we believe it will open doors to electoral reforms in Nigeria as desired by the entire masses.

#thenextpresident as a project have seen the need for power rotation to South, a mirror effect from her most recent consultations.

“This, we hereby reiterate that it is sacrosanct for our political parties, opinion molders, youth and students based groups and all stakeholders to get involved in this power shift campaign.”