By Charles Okoh
You probably would have read or listened to a rabble-rouser who
goes by the name Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesman of the Northern Elders’ Forum,
when he spoke recently, as he always does, as though he has authority to speak
on behalf of a superficial monolithic north, that heavens would not fall if the
presidency remains in the north after President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
*Sultan of Sokoto, Buhari and others
To be sure, I am not particularly interested in where the
president comes from, what religion he practises or the language he speaks.
This divisive and base level politicking is engineered by those who have
continued to impede the growth and development of the nation for their selfish
interests alone.
However, you cannot be in the Nigeria of today and pretend not to know that with the precarious situation the nation is now, what has now come to be known as rotational presidency remains the only way this nation can survive. It is the only way to give all the sense of belonging, fairness, equity and justice. Tempers have risen; the mutual suspicion in the air is so thick you can literally slice it with a knife. It is that bad. In a normal clime; merit should be the watchword; but ours is anything but normal.
