Power should go to the South in 2023 — El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has told the All Progressives Congress to allow power to move to the southern region of the country in 2023.

He said it was an informal agreement made by leaders of the party, which should be honoured.

El-Rufai gave this position when he spoke on Monday night while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

He said, “I think it is important to make this clarification. Personally, I am against zoning because I believe that no country has made progress choosing leaders based on where they come from or their ethnicity or religion. I am against it and I don’t practise it. I work with people from every part of the country. I don’t care about their religion or ethnicity. I just want to get things done with the most competent persons with capacity and commitment. That’s a personal position.

“However, I believe that as a party, after eight years of President Buhari, we should honour the informal agreement of ensuring that power goes to the South, whether it is South-West or South-East, that is a different matter.

“We have agreed, we have a gentleman’s agreement that power will go to the South and I support that. In as much as I don’t think we should select leaders that way but in the present day Nigeria, that is an interim measure to pursue. But having said that, our party has not taken any decision as far as I know.”