A group of 45 civil society organizations from 19 northern states and Abuja came out against northern presidential aspirants and pledged support for the southern presidential candidate in 2023.
Under the banner of the Arewa Concerned Civil Society Organization of Nigeria, CSOs pledged to fight against northern presidential candidates, claiming that a southerner must succeed President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) after his tenure for the purposes of equality, justice, and transparency.
Abdulsalam Mohammed-Kazeem, the group’s spokesperson, read the text of a world press conference titled “state of the nation: 2023 Presidency; though our tongues and languages may differ; in unity and brotherhood we stand” held at the Arewa House in Kaduna on Wednesday, warning political parties against fielding any northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
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To maintain the country’s long-standing “political relationship” with southerners, Kazeem called on all political parties to zone their presidential candidates to the southern portion of the country.
He explained that because political power had been concentrated in the north for decades, the region had fared little better than poverty, banditry, and terrorism.
“The Concerned Arewa Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria is a group of over 45 reputable Civil Society organizations from within the Northern extraction with voting capacity cut across all polling units, wards, and Local Government Areas in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory,” according to the spokesperson.
“What is good for the goose is good for the gander,” as the proverb goes. We must respect our integration, brotherhood, and unity, even though it is not a law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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“We are standing now for the sake of our national unity, declaring that authority should be rotated to the south in the spirit of oneness, equity, justice, fairness, and equal opportunity.”
“All political parties should zone their presidential candidates to the south,” says the group. We will rally our teaming youth and campaign against any party that refuses to do so.
“We, the Arewa Concerned Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria, in the spirit of building our desired nation and our continued existence as an entity, also not jettisoning the principles of power balance and fairness, call for the total support of presidency to the southern part of the country.”
He added, “we have no other country than Nigeria and we will not sit down and see our country disintegrate due to the selfish desires of some individuals that think presidency is the birth right of a particular region. Any Northerner contesting President will be regarded as agent of disunity and enemy of the nation.
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“The South-West which is also a beneficiary of the benevolence of Nigerians who supported their first bid for an eight-year presidency and vice-presidency for another 8 years should also be willing to relinquish the position in the spirit togetherness and nation building.
“Our hope, dreams and prayers are for an Igbo man to emerge as President in 2023, more preferably, a private sector player, a technocrat and a de-tribalized Nigerian with rich experience in managing economy for peace, progress and prosperity.
“We have agreed to melt their interest in one port and insist on power to be transferred to Southern Part of the Country in 2023 and we call on our Southern people to drive this opportunity and support their own and also respect power rotation after 8 years.
‘We reaffirmed our previous stand that we won’t support any Northerner as Successor of President Mohammed Buhari in 2023 for the sake of National Unity.
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“We know power comes from God and God never allow injustice, greed and selfishness to rule our land. We will make or mar any candidate who has the unity of Nigeria at heart and vice versa.”
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