From July this year, the once moribund Southern Governors Forum (SGF) seems to have been rejuvenated.

They started with their meeting in Asaba where they collectively placed a ban on Open Grazing and resolved to cause their state Assemblies to promulgate laws to that effect. I must commend those who have lived up that resolve so far.

The Asaba meeting was followed by their Lagos meeting where they issued a communique demanding that all parties in Nigeria should concede their 2023 Presidential Tickets to the South in the spirit of equity and fairness since Buhari would be completing 8 years of presidency for the north in 2023. Such a wonderful call.

In their meeting that followed in Enugu, they threw their weight behind state collection of VAT to further make funds available for states and move towards fiscal federalism. Commendable!

What these many meetings of theirs have shown is that the South is finally coming together to address issues that affect them with common front.

But recently, Rotimi Akeredolu, the leader of the Southern Governors Forum, has been engaging in such rhetorics that suggest that the clamour for Southern Unity so far is to unite the Southern Governors behind Tinubu’s presidential ambition which but betrays the sincerity of the drive to unite the south.

If the Southern Governors Forum had a sense of equity and fairness when they demanded that the presidency be zoned to South in 2023, why did they not extend such sense into admitting that since 1999, a Yoruba man has been President and Vice President for 8 apiece and a Southsouth man has been president for 6 years which leaves the Southeast as the only region in the south that hasn’t tested power and therefore should be considered, unopposed, for the presidency?

Why does it seem that the purported drive for unity is to help increase the chances of a Southwest man succeeding Buhari?

I suppose it is the reason that governors elected on the platform of the PDP are no longer enthusiastic about the Southern Governors Forum anymore or maybe just not interested in its demand for presidency to come to the South.

Hence my question, is southern unity for Yoruba gain? Or what is in it for the Southeast and Southsouth man?

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Mynd44

As a northerner, the only chance y I u people from the south has is to break away from Nigeria. If you like do southern unity or western unity, we will find a way and block you guys.

We have already stopped all you r men from tasting sensitive posts so you can b play second fiddle forever.

Yahaya bello for president and Ben Ayade for VP

Yes it is

Gej was southerner when yorubas connived with non southernerns to displace him

Yoruba didn't allow him complete his 8 years

Their excuse was he is incompetent, but buhari has surpassed gej failures yet Yoruba can't make pemp

Yorubas said gej sidelined them yet buhari has sidelined them ×100 yet they can't make pemp

Of course

Kaduna1stson:
As a northerner, the only chance y I u people from the south has is to break away from Nigeria. If you like do southern unity or western unity, we will find a way and block you guys.

We have already stopped all you r men from tasting sensitive posts so you can b play second fiddle forever.

Yahaya bello for president and Ben Ayade for VP

You are a paid agent of destruction who is only here to cause division and foment trouble.

I just wish others can see through you like I have and learn to ignore you rant without attention.

Leverage2021:
Yes it is

Gej was southerner when yorubas connived with non southernerns to displace him

Yoruba didn't allow him complete his 8 years

Their excuse was he is incompetent, but buhari has surpassed gej failures yet Yoruba can't make pemp

Yorubas said gej sidelined them yet buhari has sidelined them ×100 yet they can't make pemp

GEJ and PDP never set out to sideline the Yorubas during his reign but they are too dubious to admit it.

PDP zoned the Speakership of the House of Representatives to the Southwest after the 2011 general elections.

It was Tinubu who ensured that the ACN House of Rep members teamed up with dissidents elements from the north to deny the Southwest that position only to turn around and use media to launch campaign of calumny against GEJ that he has sidelined the Yoruba in his government.

Can you imagine such people.

Penguin2:


GEJ and PDP never set out to sideline the Yorubas during his reign but they are too dubious to admit it.

PDP zoned the Speakership of the House of Representatives to the Southwest after the 2011 general elections.

It was Tinubu who ensured that the ACN House of Rep members teamed up with dissidents elements from the north to deny the Southwest that position only to turn around and use media to launch campaign of calumny against GEJ that he has sidelined the Yoruba in his government.

Can you imagine such people.

I am just using their own pig in the mud analysis

Buhari has shattered all the indices of failure they said gej failed at yet they can't open their mouths

My brother naso we see am oo.. very cunny tribe.. afonja built bridge in 2015 and betrayed southern unity in 2015 but want southern unity in 2023 .. I will rather build bridge with devil than any afonja eediot

The only unity I know in this British geographical space called Nigeria is IGBO UNITY whether in the SE, SS or NC.

We were Igbo before the white came.
We were Igbo and they left.
We will remain Igbo until Jesus comes.

Southern unity is for Yoruba, Urhobo, Ikwerre-Bini, Itshekiri, Ogoni, Ijaw, Bini who are just united by one thing: Common hatred for Ndị Igbo.

Isobug:
Yes, Because to them, only Tinubu or Osinbajo is qualified for the presidency position, not even Amaechi or any other person from the South. Can you Imagine they said no Igboman is qualified. A region of over 40million people including seasoned Technocrats. Op doesn't this justify your assertion?

Igbo politicians are too cowardly to run for president

Penguin2:


GEJ and PDP never set out to sideline the Yorubas during his reign but they are too dubious to admit it.

PDP zoned the Speakership of the House of Representatives to the Southwest after the 2011 general elections.

It was Tinubu who ensured that the ACN House of Rep members teamed up with dissidents elements from the north to deny the Southwest that position only to turn around and use media to launch campaign of calumny against GEJ that he has sidelined the Yoruba in his government.

Can you imagine such people.

Politics 101 just like PDP stole the Senate presidency thru Saraki and deputy of the 8th assembly and you all applauded them.
Don't be forming any useless saint or activist. Go and meet PDP for your presidency

These people actually take the rest of the south for fools.We shall see how exactly Tinubu or indeed any other person from the SW will become president in this country.

Ovamboland:


Politics 101 just like PDP stole the Senate presidency thru Saraki and deputy of the 8th assembly and you all applauded them.
Don't be forming any useless saint or activist. Go and meet PDP for your presidency

You are assuming the SW is going to get the presidency under the APC?

Ovamboland:


Politics 101 just like PDP stole the Senate presidency thru Saraki and deputy of the 8th assembly and you all applauded them.
Don't be forming any useless saint or activist. Go and meet PDP for your presidency

Was the senate presidency zoned to Southwest in 2015 and the Igbos worked against it?

Or was it zoned to southeast and the Igbos rather worked to install Saraki?

None of these was the scenario in 2015.

But in 2011, the Speakership was zoned to Southwest and the region had many House of Rep members of the PDP. In fact Mulikat Akande was positioned for the job.

But it was you Yorubas that helped a northerner take that position instead against your own region. While you turned around to scream marginalization.

How is such a daft move politics 101?

Ovamboland:


Igbo politicians are too cowardly to run for president

cowardly ke

It's only South West that can produce credible candidates that will unite the country and end insecurity..

SW 2023 issa goal.

Kaduna1stson:
As a northerner, the only chance y I u people from the south has is to break away from Nigeria. If you like do southern unity or western unity, we will find a way and block you guys.

We have already stopped all you r men from tasting sensitive posts so you can b play second fiddle forever.

Yahaya bello for president and Ben Ayade for VP

As a northerner kill u there

Those people tired me everytime after ousting out jonathan they feel like they should Lord it over very tribalistic people, Even the hate spread on this forum own by one of them


They think if it continues like this they will have to stay cause once the igbos leave we are joining them no two ways about it

These west are something else

nobody is holding u back, all Southerners are free to present their candidate or are u telling us sw don't have the right to contest?

tamdun:
nobody is holding u back, all Southerners are free to present their candidate or are u telling us sw don't have the right to contest?

Rubbish but you brought out the whole southern government to agree north should not contest for president but it should be the south yet look at the rubbish you are spewing



Two face people

melaniaup:


Rubbish but you brought out the whole southern government to agree north should not contest for president but it should be the south yet look at the rubbish you are spewing



Two face people

So only igbo is eligible because the way I see it, we've had sw/SS president, so we should just dash igbo the ticket, isn't that what u are trying to say?

They might still delete this thread to hide the fact from them and they don't have gut to push this particular thread to front-page

tamdun:

So only igbo is eligible because the way I see it, we've had sw/SS president, so we should just dash igbo the ticket, isn't that what u are trying to say?

Insuch you are annoying me, what if northeners didn't obliged to the fact that they have rule it's time for the south

What you will be spewing out now


What sort are you to continue responding the truth fact

You guys have being the president 8 years vice president 8 years

Why are you guys not calm like the north, by shutting down

Let my region south south and south east sort things out

melaniaup:


Insuch you are annoying me, what if northeners didn't obliged to the fact that they have rule it's time for the south

What you will be spewing out now


What sort are you to continue responding the truth fact

You guys have being the president 8 years vice president 8 years

Why are you guys not calm like the north, by shutting down

Let my region south south and south east sort things out

Which one is ur region, SS or se?
Now let me ask you, we've had SS vp/president, we've also had sw vp/president, I think ss/sw should just stay away and let the igbos have the ticket abi

tamdun:

Which one is ur region, SS or se?
Now let me ask you, we've had SS vp/president, we've also had sw vp/president, I think ss/sw should just stay away and let the igbos have the ticket abi

Ss

We didn't stay up to 8 years
Only 4 years

If you keep insisting that means we should allow northeners to take it

We from here will decide to just give it to igbos as to calm unity of the country and they haven't gotten any at all

Which southern unity are you talking about?
The one under PDP or the one under APC?

Leverage2021:
Yes it is

Gej was southerner when yorubas connived with non southernerns to displace him

Yoruba didn't allow him complete his 8 years

Their excuse was he is incompetent, but buhari has surpassed gej failures yet Yoruba can't make pemp

Yorubas said gej sidelined them yet buhari has sidelined them ×100 yet they can't make pemp

Apt... succinctly put.

Leverage2021:
Yes it is

Gej was southerner when yorubas connived with non southernerns to displace him

Yoruba didn't allow him complete his 8 years

Their excuse was he is incompetent, but buhari has surpassed gej failures yet Yoruba can't make pemp

Yorubas said gej sidelined them yet buhari has sidelined them ×100 yet they can't make pemp

The same Yoruba voted for Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.

Kaduna1stson:
As a northerner, the only chance y I u people from the south has is to break away from Nigeria. If you like do southern unity or western unity, we will find a way and block you guys.

We have already stopped all you r men from tasting sensitive posts so you can b play second fiddle forever.

Yahaya bello for president and Ben Ayade for VP

Are you not ashame of having Nigeria as your country.

Am ashame on your behalf