Useni Backs Religious, North/South Rotation Of Presidency

By Chuks Ekpeneru

Senator Jeremiah Useni, a retired Lieutenant General, has thrown his weight behind the rotation of the presidency between the North and the South.

In an interview, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja during the regime of the late Gen. Sani Abacha-led military junta said “the direction of politics is unpredictable sometimes.  People will tell you that there is permanent interest in politics, but for some years, Nigerian presidency has been swinging between the North and South.

“But as time went by, people were not talking about these two political divisions again. Instead, they started talking about allowing each of the six geopolitical zones to be given a slot for the presidency. And the separate agitations by each of them comprising the South-East, South-South and South-West on one hand and North-East, North -West and North-Central, on the other hand, is causing confusion in the polity. Now if they say South-West, some people will say it has had its own turn at the presidency.

“If they say South-South, some would ask whether former president Goodluck Jonathan is not from that region. Now, if you say South-East, the name of Nnamdi Azikiwe will come up. So, we have to agree on the method or we go by tribe as the case may be. But people will always say what suit them.

“But left for me, the presidency should be rotated between the North and the South. And if the President is a Muslim, the Vice President should be a Christian and if the President is a Christian, the Vice President should be a Muslim. That is what I believe will help the country and its people.”

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