Governors of the 19 northern states have described as unconstitutional, the position of their Southern counterparts that the country’s next President must come from their region.

At a meeting in Lagos in July, Southern Governors had demanded that power must shift to their region.

However, arising from an emergency meeting with northern traditional rulers at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, on Monday, the Northern Governors Forum said though some Northern States Governors had earlier expressed views for a power-shift to three Geo-Political Zone in the South, with a view to promoting unity and peace in the nation, the statement by the Southern Governors Forum that the Presidency must go to the South is unacceptable.

Reading from the resolutions of the meeting, Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Forum, Simon Bako Lalong, said: “The statement is quite contradictory with the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as amended that the elected President shall secure at least 25 percent of the votes cast in 2/3 states of the federation. In the case of run-up simple majority win the election.”

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https://dailytrust.com/breaking-rotational-presidency-unconstitutional-northern-governors-reply-southern-counterparts

Politics!!!

Lol na now you just realised after bubu has almost finished his 8 disastrous tenue,was that not the reason why you all campaign against Jonathan that it was supposed to be your turn and he wanted to recontest and use your turn?upon all the problems facing your region is this supposed to be your priority?these Northern govs are just group of senseless and wicked set of people.

Let them go ahead and keep the power to themselves. : Foolish people

Well they are right.

Quota System , Bandits Amnesty and Sharia Police is also unConstitutional


QUOTA SYSTEM IS 100% UNCONSTITUTIONAL !!!!!!!!!!!!

Here it is

S(42) 2 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended

(2) “ No citizen of Nigeria shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.”

I wonder were the bridges of 2015 n 2019 are

Igbos are building our own bridge ooh

North would rule till Nigeria breaks or restructured

Abdul05:
Let them go ahead and keep the power to themselves. : Foolish people

don't worry patami or malami will contest under apchit and you and tinubu must campaign for either of the 2 so tinubu can get 2 or 3 ministers.on a serious note I so much love this tears of yours it sweet me die

Nepotism and sectarianism are so constitutional..

Even the constitution itself is unconstitutional.
Yoruba Nation here we come. We need a referendum.

mrvitalis:
I wonder were the bridges of 2015 n 2019 are

Igbos are building our own bridge ooh

North would rule till Nigeria breaks or restructured

Sw it's balso building bridge to make northern man a flagbearer of apc and also make sw.. segun akinwunmi vp in other to spite se..
Let the battle begin....
Fight for unity of the south u are looking for who to hate/ means to spite the southwest...
Loser

It is true rotational President is not in the Constitution how hard is that for Southerners to get that in their heads. Let everyone go and become president in their region or prime minister how hard is that ?

We don't even need their nonsense power all we need is referendum

They can tell that to the Igbos, our erudite Legal experts (Yorubas) will tell where it's written in the constitution that the occupant of the seat of the President is rotational and must be rotated.

So all these shenanigans is just to retain political power? It was not unconstitutional when they wanted it but when it is time to let go, they now remember a constitution they have spurn with utter disdain since antiquity.

These desperate power mongers and masters of political deception will hasten the disintegration of this failed contraption faster than expected.Guess the bullion vans of Burdillion can the kind of political treachery these people are capable of? Warning signs of 2023.

walefresh3:

Sw it's balso building bridge to make northern man a flagbearer of apc and also make sw.. segun akinwunmi vp in other to spite se..
Let the battle begin....
Fight for unity of the south u are looking for who to hate/ means to spite the southwest...
Loser

So you want igbos to support south west presidency candidate ? Because of what southern unity ?

Same southern unity yorubas killed in 2015 ?

Lol

These are the hypocrites that threatened fire and brimstone if 2015 presidential election was not zoned to the North. They want another bloody fulani to succeed buhari and turn the entire country into a fulani republic.

I hope sane minds are beginning to see the the rest of Nigeria has NOTHING IN COMMON with North? We're a billion times better off without these people.
Bloody terrorist murderers.

DISINTEGRATION OF NIGERIA WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF MIDDLE BELT AND SOUTHERN LIVES FROM FULANI AND BOKOHARAM TERRORISM.

mrvitalis:

So you want igbos to support south west presidency candidate ? Because of what southern unity ?

Same southern unity yorubas killed in 2015 ?

Nobody is saying that. All we are saying is the major political parties should present a candidate from Southern Nigeria. There's nothing like zoning presidency to SE or SW. However, the fact is that Nigeria is two countries formed into one. Southern and Northern Nigeria, these two countries would have the right to their own president if there was no amalgamation. So for the sake of fairness and equity, presidency should be rotated between the two parts that make up Nigeria and not zoned to any particular zone. If it's rotated to the south, anyone from the south can contest, if it's to the north, anyone from the North can contest. One part of Nigeria can't keep ruling the country and expect the other part to be happy.

saaron:
These are the hypocrites who threatened fire and brimstone if 2015 presidential election is zoned to them.Bloody terrorist murderers.

My brother, this is where the betrayal of 2015 has landed this failed nation.They just need them to get there and now they don't want to let go even with threat.

mrvitalis:

So you want igbos to support south west presidency candidate ? Because of what southern unity ?

Same southern unity yorubas killed in 2015 ?

what u guys are displaying on social Media it's giving the north confident to dis rubbish resolution that will not favour the south....
Fiscal federalism it's the main Target of every southern leaders... But the north did not want that.. tinubu it's not contesting... I can assure u that.... I want se/sw to work together.... Se need tinubu more for thier presidential ambition than the north...

The North has no intention of handing power over to the South come 2023. They are scared that what they did these past 6 years will be done to them if a Southerner were to become president. I maintain, call a referendum please.

The only thing that can send this country to her early grave is when a northern man emerged as president in 2023.

dasparrow:
The North has no intention of handing power over to the South come 2023. They are scared that what they did these past 6 years will be done to them if a Southerner were to become president. I maintain, call a referendum please.

Simple! Well said sir.

mrvitalis:
I wonder were the bridges of 2015 n 2019 are

Igbos are building our own bridge ooh

North would rule till Nigeria breaks or restructured

Piggiddioott amaka

Racoon:
My brother, this is where the betrayal of 2015 has landed this failed nation.They just need them to get there and now they don't want to let go even with threat.

At the end of buhari's fulani regime, Nigerians will learn a BITTER LESSON. Which is - NEVER vote a foreign terrorist as President of Nigeria again.

saaron:
At the end of buhari's fulani regime, Nigerians will learn a BITTER LESSON. Which is - NEVER vote a foreign terrorist as President of Nigeria again.

"...Nigeria is a failed state- plagued by its inept rulers, corruption, socio-economic problems, ethnic rivalry and acrimonious rancour.Agitation for separation is not from Igbos alone.Yorubas are calling for the Oduduwa Republic.

Buhari’s blatant nepotism in favour of his Fulani clan, alienation & dissatisfaction among the other various constituents of the Nigerian federation have exacerbated agitation for break up.As things continue to fall apart in this long troubled nation, the centre cannot hold. Break up is assured!....."
http://saharareporters.com/2020/06/11/%E2%80%98buhari-makes-nigeria-most-dangerous-country-world-christians%E2%80%99-bayo-oluwasanmi

We know it is unconstitutional, but it must happen . They are looking for who will beg them. The north must realize that those days when they were seen as powerful is gone. Their area is now ravaged by banditry and boko haram, fulani killing hausa and vice versa.

Christistruth00:
Quota System , Bandits Amnesty and Sharia Police is also unConstitutional


QUOTA SYSTEM IS 100% UNCONSTITUTIONAL !!!!!!!!!!!!

Here it is

S(42) 2 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended

(2) No citizen of Nigeria shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.

The bloody hypocrites shout Constitution when it suits them. Someone should ask the jihadist whether destroying Nigerians's beer businesses in northern sharia states is constitutional.

walefresh3:
what u guys are displaying on social Media it's giving the north confident to dis rubbish resolution that will not favour the south....
Fiscal federalism it's the main Target of every southern leaders... But the north did not want that.. tinubu it's not contesting... I can assure u that.... I want se/sw to work together.... Se need tinubu more for thier presidential ambition than the north...

South west pick and Igbo man you are comfortable with and present to igbos it's a simple thing

This shouldn’t surprise Nigerian cos anytime the southern governor met they are always on heat. Stupid fellow laslas we go breakup if another northern Fulani terrorist sympathizer want to run for president in 2023.

Nobody ever said that the issue of rotational presidency is constitutional. It is an established political practice for unity, equity and national cohesion. It was on this basis that the north demanded for power shift in 2015 after Jonathan had completed Yaradua’s term and his own full tenure. It was also on this basis that all southern candidates who were far richer and popular nationally stepped down for Yaradua at the PDP convention in 2007.

So, saying it is unconstitutional is just playing the Ostrich. It was never about the constitution. The north has had its fair share of power from 2015-2023. Exactly on May 29, 2023, a southerner will takeover from Buhari. It is what it is and nothing can change it.