It’s Foolish To Sit In Lagos Or Port Harcourt And Demand Power Shift – El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has clarified the place of Northern Governors Discussion board on energy shift.

At a gathering in Kaduna on Monday, the governors had stated rotational presidency was towards Nigeria’s structure.

They stated this in response to the demand of their Southern counterparts who’ve demanded that their area should produce Nigeria’s subsequent president.

In a chat with choose journalists, El-Rufai stated nobody ought to assume that they will sit in Lagos or Port Harcourt and resolve what the north ought to do or who the north ought to vote for.

He stated if the south needs energy, it needs to be ready to sit down with the north, dialogue and negotiate then agree on who needs to be voted however not use compulsion to demand energy shift.

“We’re not saying there can’t be rotational presidency, it may be carried out however you must come and sit with the politicians within the north and dialogue after which we agree to offer our help to the south however nobody has the precise to sit down in Lagos or Port Harcourt and say whether or not northerners need it or not, they need to relinquish energy to the south, that’s improper, it isn’t how we do politics and in reality, it’s silly.”

Day by day Belief reviews that El-Rufai was one of many first governors to recommend an influence shift to the south.

In 2020, he had stated it might be within the curiosity of equity and unity for the north to relinquish energy to the south after eight years underneath President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari’s second tenure will finish in 2023.

After El-Rufai, related statements have been made by different northern governors comparable to Babagana Umara Zulu of Borno State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State.

Nonetheless, a few of the governors had been a part of the assembly of the Northern States Governor’s Discussion board in Kaduna which on Monday.