Iyiola Oyedepo, a traditional chief and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, has argued that there is nothing bad in rotating the presidency among the geo-political zones of the country.
According to him, such arrangement makes for equity and justice.
Oyedepo sad this on Thursday while speaking at the weekly ‘Political Dialogue’ in Ilorin.
The program is organised by Nations Leadership Institute, NLI, Ilorin for over 50 young people from the 16 local government of Kwara.
A key paper delivered at the at the Dialogue, “Politics as danger to democracy”, was presented by a media consultant, Malam Tunde Mohammed.
Oyedepo, who is the President of the Institute, said, “rotational presidency is good; it must go with equity and justice.”
He expressed surprise at the position of the Northern Governors and traditional rulers who said that rotational presidency was undemocratic.
“Why are they now saying that zoning is undemocratic? Were they not here when the whole thing started? Why is it today they say it is not democratic”, asked Oyedepo.
Oyedepo, a lawyer, said the stand of the Northern elders would make the Southerners angry the more.
According to him, there should be tolerance among the people of the federating units in the country.
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“In a plural society like Nigeria, there must be tolerance, if you base everything on population as perceived, it will not work. A small fraction of people in a polity can cause problem for that country,” he added.
He was of the view that others should be allowed to enjoy the arrangement put in place since the advent of the current democratic dispensation.
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