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Vanguard, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020—5 POCKET CARTOON ... OMO-AGEGE THANKSGIVING—From left: Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, and wife Rosemary, during the thanksgiving mass held by the deputy senate president at Mother of the Redeemer Catholic Church in Effurun, Delta State, yesterday. Why Presidency should return to South in 2023 — EL-RUFAI By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor ABUJA — As the permutations for the 2023 Presidency begin to dominate political discourse nationwide, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of the country. Although the governor, acclaimed to be a major strategist of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, did not specify which of the southern geopolitical zones should take the Presidency in 2023, he argued that it would be unjustified for the North to seek to retain the Presidency after President Muhammadu Buhari might have completed his eight years. El-Rufai, who headed the APC’s Restructuring Committee, pointed out that although the party’s constitution does not make provision for rotational presidency, like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, it was a general understanding that the Presidency should rotate between the two political zones of Nigeria for the sake of justice, equity and fair play. The governor said: "The general political consensus in Nigeria is that the Presidency should rotate between the North and the South. It is not written but everyone understands it. "In some of the parties, like the PDP, it is even written down in their constitution but it was breached in 2015. I think that every politician of honour should understand and abide by that consensus except there is an extenuating circumstance compelling it to be set aside. What could this be? "President Yar’Adua died in office and it was compulsory for Jonathan to continue but when 2011 election came, there were many people who insisted that Jonathan should step aside for a northerner to complete the tenure of Yar’Adua but I opposed it because I didn’t think it was proper for an incumbent that got there not by his own design should be stopped from contesting when the constitution has not barred him from running. "In the APC, we deliberately omitted rotational Presidency in our constitution and the emergence of a presidential candidate does not take into account zoning and that was why in 2015, Rochas Okorocha from the East contested, Sam Nda- Isaiah contested, Buhari, Kwankwaso and others contested. "I can say that as distinct from the PDP, APC has no rotational Presidency but candidates are selected strictly on the basis of political merit and the general acceptability of the candidate. "I want to say that those of us from Northern Nigeria honour agreements. We do not violate unwritten political agreements and I will be the last person to lead in violating that agreement. I may have a personal view but that should be the basis. I don’t care where you come from but I look for merit. "But as a group, the Northern APC will have to sit down and endorse someone, most likely someone from the South, because after eight years of Buhari, I don’t think the Presidency should remain in the north unless there is some e x t e n u a t i n g circumstances. But all things being equal, we will honour our agreement and we keep our words.’’ It will be recalled that some northern leaders have lately begun to canvass for the retention of the Presidency in the region, arguing that the south had done more years than them since President Umaru Yar’Adua died and his vice, Goodluck Jonathan, took over and did another term in place of the north. Others have even argued that since the PDP jettisoned the well established rotational Presidency, which the party put in place to ensure orderly sharing of power, power sharing between the north and the south should no longer be on agreement but on merit. N35m Camry 2020 model for NASS (3) By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka Latona & Rose Chukwu We are really funny in this country. Despite the unpleasant living conditions of most Nigerians, insecurity amidst other urgent issues that need to be attended to, what our NASS members could clamour for is Camry 2020 model, what a joke! Despite the gigantic salary they get, in my opinion, these people should be dismissed. They obviously don’t know what they are there for. -Adebayo Muheez Content creator Buying new cars for members is not wrong if only the cost would be deducted from their allowances but of course, we all know that won’t be the case. If the billions of naira used in securing super expensive luxurious cars and SUVs for NASS members since 2012 had been used to better the economy and security, then Nigeria would have been one of the best in the world. -Sinabio Abraham Analyst This isn’t in any way new to Nigerians, the honourable members would argue they need mobility and it’s an entitlement. However, it’s important NASS begins to reconsider the way they allocate funds for personal benefit. The state of our economy doesn’t deserve to incur more liabilities. Sadly, it’s a tradition that has come to stay. -Jude Oseh Youth Advocate THIS is a way of laundering money. Some members of the NASS are returning and I see no need for you to get them a car and it’s not even ideal because the nation isn’t financially buoyant. Even if they want to, they should take a cheaper one that wouldn’t disturb the nation’s finances. -Afolayan Toyosi Entrepreneur PERSONALLY, I think it is an illegality and everyone with a good heart should condemn it. So this National Assembly can back President Buhari on border closure but not importation of cars? Rice is contraband but car is not. This brings us to the level of competency of this NASS members -Owoso Tomiwa Businessman This APC government promised to deliver economic growth to Nigerians. The party produced majority of the NASS members, including the Senate president. How do they intend to deliver economic growth when they are not patronizing our local products? The legislature is not ready for our economic development. Buying N35m car for 109 senators from a company with no production factory in Nigeria is nothing but wickedness and cluelessness. -Olamide Abbas, Youth Leader
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