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  • Updated: January 22, 2021

How Power Can Shift To South in 2023

How Power Can Shift To South in 2023

The Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani has revealed that power can only shift from the North to the South in 2023 only if the two major political parties, the All Progressive Party (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) resolve to pick their presidential candidates from the South. 

Sani who made this remark in an interview with GYANG BERE in Jos on Thursday expressed fear that if the parties decide to choose their candidates from the North and the South, there is a tendency that people will vote based on religion, ethnicity and regional lines.

He, however, admonished the South West and the South East to resolve their political differences and come up with a common position that the entire Southern region with rally round for a smooth power shift to the South in 2023.

Speaking on the issue of insecurity and religious crises in the North, Sani said there is a need for leaders like General Yakubu Gowon, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar to lead a conference in the north that will bring together, religious leaders, traditional rulers, community leaders, civil society and see how the likes of General Aliu Gusau will come together to address our religious and ethnic issues in the North.

"They will come up with a template of what the region intends to achieve the next 10 to 20 years and the resolution should be institutionalized in all the states in the North.

"This will include finding a lasting solution to banditry in the North West, finding a solution to Tiv/Jukun crisis in Taraba state; the perennial religious crises in Plateau state and addressing the religious disharmony that happens between Muslims and Christians in the region.

"I think there is nobody that is properly placed than the Northern Governors Forum and the Federal Government to lead a retreat or a conference rather than our former leaders irrespective of their political party affiliation.

"Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and Gen. Aliu Gusau and other political leaders like Paul Unongo and so many others can come together and find a solution to these problems. We need to have a document for peace, to end our Ethno religious crisis in Northern Nigeria.

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He said the practical solution to the crisis of Southern Kaduna is that the President needs to first and foremost give audience to people of Southern Kaduna.

He said the president can do this by inviting their elders, community leaders and religious leaders, political leaders, their youths and women should be selected from all the local governments to sit together to find out a lasting solution to the problem in the area.

"Another thing that the President needs to do about Southern Kaduna is to set up a Presidential committee of not more than seven members, which will include people like Col. Dangiwa Umar, Lawal Jafaru Isa, Mohammed Makarfi, Martin Agwai who have been able to achieve a lot in terms of restoring peace in Southern Kaduna, a Presidential Committee comprising these people will be able to give the President a realistic, objective and fair practical steps in solving the problem.

"One of the reasons why the problem in Southern Kaduna cannot be solved is that the President only listens to the Governor and the Governor and people of Southern Kaduna are apart, he can’t solve that problem," he added.

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