A number of Nigerians from across the country have reacted over the Northern states Governors’ Forum's opposition to the call by its southern counterpart that the presidency should move to the south in 2023.
The Punch reports that northern governors, who stated this at their meeting in Kaduna, said the call by the Southern Governors’ Forum was against the constitution of the country.
The Yoruba group, Afenifere and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo have lambasted the northern governors over their opposition to the power shift in 2023. Credit: Nasir El-Rufai.
The southern governors at their recent meeting in Enugu reiterated their demand that the Presidency should shift to the South in 2023.
Channels TV reports that after their emergency on Monday, September 27, the northern governors said although some of them had endorsed the southern governors’ call for power shift to the south, the regional governors collectively condemned such a call.
They said the statement by their southern counterparts contradicted the provision of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
They added that the elected president must meet the requirements which include getting “the majority votes, scoring at least 25% of the votes cast in two-thirds of the states of the federation; in case of a runoff, a simple majority win.”
But the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, described the position of the Northern governors as unfortunate.
Ohaneze said the North benefited from the Nigerian union more than it contributed to it.
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