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North must produce president in 2015 – ACF,
others
Six Northern organisations, including the Arewa
Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders'
Forum, on Tuesday insisted that the North must
produce the nation's President in 2015.
The ACF, the NEF, Arewa Reawakening Forum,
Arewa Research and Development Project,
Northern Union and the Code Group , said at a
news conference in Kaduna, that an existing
agreement that the Presidency should return to
the region must be strictly followed.
NEF spokesman and former Adviser on Food
Security to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof.
Ango Abdullahi, who spoke for the groups, warned
that if parties to the pact failed to adhere to it, the
North would use its numerical strength to ensure
that power returned to it in 2015.
"The North is determined and is insistent that
the leadership of this country will rotate to it
in 2015 and I am making that very very clear to
you (journalists), Abdullahi said.
"The North on the basis of one man, one vote
can keep power indefinitely in the present
Nigerian state. If it is on the basis of one man,
one vote, demography shows that the North can
keep power as long as it wants because it will
always win elections," he added.
Abdullahi, who stated that the ACF was in the
forefront of the quest by the region to have a
Northerner as President, added that even the
Middle Belt Forum and other groups in the region
were clear in their calls for a Northern President
in 2015.
"All of us have this very tough and common
agenda. Not that the North is power hungry . No; it
(power rotation) in 2015 will be argued on the
rational agreement that is on the ground today,"
he explained.
The former presidential aide pointed out that it
was morally wrong for President Goodluck
Jonathan to contemplate contesting in 2015 since
he was aware that such a pact existed.
Abdullahi mentioned former President Olusegun
Obasanjo and Jonathan as some of those who
signed the pact. Jonathan, according to him,
signed as number 37 when he was the deputy
governor of Bayelsa State.
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Six Northern organisations, including the Arewa
Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders'
Forum, on Tuesday insisted that the North must
produce the nation's President in 2015.
The ACF, the NEF, Arewa Reawakening Forum,
Arewa Research and Development Project,
Northern Union and the Code Group , said at a
news conference in Kaduna, that an existing
agreement that the Presidency should return to
the region must be strictly followed.
NEF spokesman and former Adviser on Food
Security to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof.
Ango Abdullahi, who spoke for the groups, warned
that if parties to the pact failed to adhere to it, the
North would use its numerical strength to ensure
that power returned to it in 2015.
"The North is determined and is insistent that
the leadership of this country will rotate to it
in 2015 and I am making that very very clear to
you (journalists), Abdullahi said.
"The North on the basis of one man, one vote
can keep power indefinitely in the present
Nigerian state. If it is on the basis of one man,
one vote, demography shows that the North can
keep power as long as it wants because it will
always win elections," he added.
Abdullahi, who stated that the ACF was in the
forefront of the quest by the region to have a
Northerner as President, added that even the
Middle Belt Forum and other groups in the region
were clear in their calls for a Northern President
in 2015.
"All of us have this very tough and common
agenda. Not that the North is power hungry . No; it
(power rotation) in 2015 will be argued on the
rational agreement that is on the ground today,"
he explained.
The former presidential aide pointed out that it
was morally wrong for President Goodluck
Jonathan to contemplate contesting in 2015 since
he was aware that such a pact existed.
Abdullahi mentioned former President Olusegun
Obasanjo and Jonathan as some of those who
signed the pact. Jonathan, according to him,
signed as number 37 when he was the deputy
governor of Bayelsa State.
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