Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has criticized the practice of rotational presidency in Nigeria, insisting that the country only needs good governance.
Sowore stated this on Tuesday, August 5 when he appeared as a guest on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a show on Channels Television.
The former presidential candidate said the country should be interested in a President who will make Nigeria better, irrespective of his region.
“If I have a good President in Nigeria, who can run this country very well, I don’t care where he comes from.“That is what the majority of the Nigerian people are aspiring for. That is the idea of this federation that all the federating units should be able to have an opportunity,” he said.
He added that all presidential aspirants should be given a chance to run irrespective of their region.
He criticized the practice of zoning, which involves rotating the presidency between the North and South or among geopolitical zones, describing it as a distraction from the qualities Nigerians should be demanding in their leaders.
“When you zone it to the North, the majority of the Northerners would want to take a shot at it. When you zone it back to the South, the South of Nigeria is not Yoruba or Igbo alone. It is just senseless,” he added.
“Zoning the presidency to the worst character in the country is not going to make you get anywhere,” Sowore warned.
“Give everybody a chance. That is why they said, ‘Come and contest for president, governor, local government chairman, and present your agenda, speak to us, and we will look at your character, exposure, and vote for you.”
