Why Igbos Should Produce President In 2023 – Shehu Sani
The Igbos should produce the President in the next general election, this is the opinion of Senator Shehu Sani.
He was until recently, representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to resist the temptation of excluding any part of the country in key appointments because they did not vote for him in the last election or supported the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Sani said it was only natural to allow an Igbo president in 2023 because the north had had its fair share of controlling power more than any other region in the over 50 years of nationhood.Shehu Sani’s advice may not be unconnected with recent reports credited to the chairman of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Mallam Shettima Yerima, who insisted that the north would still produce president in 2023.
Excluding any part of Nigeria in the scheme of things for whatsoever reasons, he argued, amounted to simply fuelling the already tensed situation and igniting anarchy which, if fully set, would spare no one, including those in position of authority.
Comrade Sani, in an interview after delivering a key note address at a one day youth awareness forum, ‘Niger Open Forum’, organised by The Blue Revolutionaries (TBR) over the weekend, warned of dire consequences of blacklisting any part of the country.
He said: “Appointments into key positions – every region must be carried along; doing anything on the contrary means simply feeding the anarchy, feeding secessionists, feeding the merchant of crisis in this country.”
President Buhari, he said, must give a sense of belonging to every segment of the country.“If you exclude the Eastern or the South South part of the country, or even the North Central part of Nigeria because they didn’t vote for you, you are simply feeding anarchy, feeding the secessionists, feeding the merchant of crisis in this country. “Its the duty of all to ensure equity, justice and fairness to all and sundry” he said.
