2023: VON D-G Lauds El-Rufai For Putting Equity Above Self-Interest

By Emmanuel Aziken

Osita Okechukwu has commended Nasir El-Rufai for placing equity, natural justice and good conscience above personal consideration in the agitation for 2023 saying he should be applauded for his assertion.

Okechukwu, who is director-general of the Voice of Nigeria, VON spoke in response to Governor El-Rufai’s assertion that the South should have the presidency in 2023.

“To me this is a patriotic statement from one of the most qualified northerners, who ordinarily could have placed personal interest above the equity, natural justice and good conscience, which the rotation convention engenders. His selfless stance is why one commends him for his uncommon patriotism. Malam El-Rufai no doubt is eminently qualified as one of the most performing governors in this dispensation.”

Reminded that Malam El-Rufai didn’t mention which part of the South the presidency should go, he said:

“the most important thing is that Malam El-Rufai as a major political actor, foremost northerner, foundation member of the APC, and a Buharist, joining the agitation for continuation of the rotation convention of presidency from north to south is a vital plus.

“All we of the southeast is adding is that we deserve the Falae/Obasanjo model, where the two main candidates should come from the two dominant political parties -APC and PDP. For in the southern belt, Ndigbo or the southeast in particular is the only geopolitical zone which has not presided over Nigeria since the advent of the rotation convention. All equity and good conscience perspective agree that it’s the turn of Ndigbo.”

On the issue raised by some prominent politicians like Isa Funtua that Ndigbo are not in the mainstream and are agitating for secession, and therefore should not count themselves when the issue of president is being discussed, he said:

“The southeast or Ndigbo are core foundation members of both the APC and PDP, so nobody should use that as an excuse. We are uncountable in all the political parties and have eminent members. Otherwise how many Yoruba voted for Chief Olusegun Obasanjo In 1999?

“On the issue of agitation for secession, God knows that the agitators are the fringe elements of the southeast mainstream. The main question is which ethnic group invests in other geopolitical zones more than Ndigbo? None. We live and invest in all the nook and cranny of our dear country. We are true patriots and deserve all the laurels due to us.”

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