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National President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has maintained that he is against the clamour for the zoning of the Presidency.
Making the position of the group, (AYCF) on zoning of the 2023 Presidency known while speaking to DailyPost, Shettima stressed that only lazy sections of the country would clamour for zoning.
He said political parties should imbibe the culture of democracy and allow Nigerians to pick their leaders.
According to Shettima: “I’m an advocate of opposing anything zoning, let’s practice the true norm of democracy, let people come on board and decide what they want, that is the true culture of democracy.
“Anything short of that is not good for the country; only a lazy section of the country would continue to clamour for zoning.
“Zoning has been jettisoned since 2011, and that is why we are solidly behind the position of the Northern Elders Forum under the leadership of Prof. Ango Abdullahi.
“He spoke our minds, and that is the best thing for the country right now. Let the best candidates come forward, and we test them on their competency level.”
The AYCF leader spoke while distancing himself from comments credited to him, asking the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, to withdraw his statement that the party had not taken a position on zoning.
Shettima was quoted to have said Adamu’s comment could heat up the polity and spell doom for APC if not quickly withdrawn.
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