Presidency makes case for power rotation, insists south...
- ✦According to her, Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement is not a sectional concession but a reciprocal compact that has stabilised the Fourth Republic.
- She said Nigeria’s national stability hangs by a “slender thread,” demanding that the North honour the unwritten power rotation pact and allow the South to complete its eight-year tenure, warning that breaking this trust could jeopardise the country’s unity.
- Making a veiled reference to former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, who she recalled attended and participated in the famous Kaduna meeting where the power rotation agreement was reached, Abdulmajid argued that the North cannot sacrifice the stability of Nigeria for the ambition of one man.
- According to her, Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement is not a sectional concession but a reciprocal compact that has stabilised the Fourth Republic.
The Presidency has charged the North to honour the current eight-year tenure of the South, in the interest of “reciprocity and national stability.” Personal...
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She said Nigeria’s national stability hangs by a “slender thread,” demanding that the North honour the unwritten power rotation pact and allow the South to complete its eight-year tenure, warning that breaking this trust could jeopardise the country’s unity.
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Making a veiled reference to former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, who she recalled attended and participated in the famous Kaduna meeting where the power rotation agreement was reached, Abdulmajid argued that the North cannot sacrifice the stability of Nigeria for the ambition of one man.
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The Presidency has charged the North to honour the current eight-year tenure of the South, in the interest of “reciprocity and national stability.” Personal Assistant to the President on Radio and Broadcast (Office of the Vice President), Hajya Rahma Abdulmajid, stated this in Kano on Sunday during the Grand Inauguration & Strategic Media Awards Ceremony of Matan Arewa 4 Tinubu Again (MATA).
