As the 2023, General Election draws closer, key Political Actors have started warming up for the highest office in the country,some desperately ,to advance their interests of producing the next president of Nigeria.
Prominent amongst them are South West, South-South and South-East. The North is also making subtle moves of retaining the presidency ,come 2023.
Taking a cursory look at the leadership trend of the counyry is compelling.
In 1999, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from South West was elected as President of Nigeria. He was re-elected in 2003, to continue in office till 2007, without interruption, making it eight years in accordance with the 1999, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended before handing over to Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adu in 2007 who unfortunately died after serving for only over two gyears. May God grant his soul eternal repose. Goodluck Jonathan was elected and did only four years and was denied second term inspite of his impressive governance style and economic prosperity.
The only region whose leadership tenure as president of Nigeria being truncated is therefore that of the South-South in 2015, denying the region to also benefit from the constitutional provision of a second term to make eight years in office. Therefore, it would be fair and equitably justifiable for the South-South Region to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023, to balance the political equation in line with the constitution of our dear country.
We all know that, a divergent and multi ethnic nation like Nigeria needs a man of peaceful disposition, humble, cultured, loving and loyal to Nigeria and Nigerians.
Infact, we need a unifier to bridge the gap between cultural and religious sentiments.
It is a known fact that, the South-South is committed to the unity, stability and overall interest of Nigeria.
We should therefore do the needful. Consequently,it is apt to appeal to the South West, South East and North to drop their ambitions and support the South-South region to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023, to complete her eight years which the Constitution graciously gives to every Nigerian and region
In as much as it is an inalienable right and the exclusive preserve of every Nigerian and region to contest for the office of the president of Nigeria, we must also not jettison fairness, equity and justice as the pathway to peaceful coexistence in all our actions.
It is my conviction that, a South-South president in 2023, would undoubtedly douse the agitations currently going on in some parts of the country .
When you see something say it. Consequently it has necome imparative to commend the efforts of President Buhari in improvising the tempo on where president GoodLuck Jonathan stopped in the areas of railway and power. The completion of the forensic audit on the NDDC is a positive step which now warrants the inauguration of the board to facilitate the development of the Niger Delta Area.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Stephen Oyesinga