The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has said the idea of zoning the presidency to the South in 2023 as it is being campaigned by some set of people is based on emotions and not based on factual things.
The top Yoruba monarch made the claim while speaking with ARISE TV on Friday.
According to the Oba, Nigerians do not need to focus on zoning but should rather focus on the competence of individual candidates to serve Nigeria.
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The debate about which zone will produce a replacement for President Muhammadu Buhari after his tenure ends by 00:00 29th of May, 2023 has been a trending discussion ever since the renewed four-four years routine commencement of active political activities in the country.
Adding his voice to the debate, the Ooni urged Nigerians to focus on competence, adding that “emotion has been our problem in this country for a long time, and that is why we are not growing”.
In his words, he said: “The call for zoning is based on emotions. Let us cut the chase and go to the factual things. Who is going to turn around this country, irrespective of emotions and sentiments?
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“We have built our institutions on emotions and sentiment, which is unfortunate because it will not last.
“We have big problems in this country. Who is going to solve them? Let us look at it with our analytical minds other than emotions and sentiments of zoning.
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“Let’s look at competence in Nigeria. Emotion has been our problem in this country for a long time, and that is why we are not growing,” he added.
Meanwhile, the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that the presidential ticket of their party will not be zoned to any geopolitical zones of the country.
Their decision was to make the ticket open to anyone from any part of the country that will be capable of defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls.
As for the ruling APC, they are yet to reveal their position as regards zoning their presidential ticket for the upcoming 2023 elections.
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