A Lagos base legal practitioner, Chuks Nnalugha has condemned those calling for zoning in next year`s governorship election in Anambra State.

Speaking in an interview with irukkanews,Nnalugha who is the legal adviser to Anambra State Indigenes Lawyers Forum (ASILF), said that since the governorship has rotated among the three senatorial zones in the state, candidates should start running base on their own personal credentials instead of the zone they hail from. He said that it is heartbreaking that at this time and age, people would still be talking zones where candidates should come from instead of people with competence to transform the state.

According to him,for Anambra to join the league of frontline states in the country,they have to discard zoning and go for competences. He said that former governor Peter Obi was not elected because he hail from Anambra Central but because he was a successful business man and people believed that he had the capacity to transform the state.

According to him, Peter Obi did not disappoint those that saw his credentials and voted him into power. He told irukkanews thus,

“It is disappointing that people should be calling for zoning in a small state like Anambra. Since they are talking about equity and justice. Now all the three senatorial zones have tested the governorship. The power has gone round, so we have got equity and justice. From 2021 onwards, competence, rather than zone should be the watchword. Interested individuals should start running on their own personal credentials and let voters be voting on that ground, instead of where they hail from. Somebody like Peter Obi ran on his personal credentials as a successful business man and people voted for him based on that and never because he came from Anambra Central

Source: https://irukkanews.com/index.php/2020/07/27/anambra-2021-let-candidates-run-on-their-personal-credentials-barr-nnalugha/