Politics
What Olu Falae Said About Concentration Of Power In The North
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, has stressed that it would be provocative to allow the north retain power in 2023.
The one time Finance Minister, Falae, disclosed this in an interview with a national news outfit while commenting on national burning issues.
He said “Definitely, it will be unfair and provocative to allow the Presidency continue in the North post 2023. If the President were from the south now and people are saying it should remain in the south, it will be unfair to other Nigerians.”
On the issue of zonings, the former SGF noted that zoning was not provided for the constitution of Nigeria adding that, it was a party thing.
Falae advocated for governance based on merit stressing that, a more competitive merit based governance would afford the nation a great deal of good.
The elder statesman also lamented the concentration of power in the north adding that, power should also go round other parts of the country.
He said “We have been advocating merit for a very long time. Let the best man emerge and give us good governance. But our people said no until the power had gone round all the various parts of Nigeria. We should adopt meritocracy. A more competitive merit based system is what will benefit us.
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“The thing has been concentrated in one part of Nigeria in the North and it should go round the various parts of Nigeria. The problem with that concept is that zoning is not even in the Nigeria Constitution.
“It is what each party defines it to be in its own Constitution and to the extent that there is no restriction on zoning in the constitution. Any zoning in any party constitution is null and void if challenged in the court of law.
“The right of a Nigerian to contest the presidency is defined in the constitution in terms of his age, education, status and all that. Once you fulfil the requirements you can run for president. For a party to now say, in addition you must come from a particular part of Nigeria that is wrong. The party’s constitution is imposing on the citizens an additional qualification which the constitution does not recognized.”
“So, the whole thing, first of all, is unconstitutional and therefore, chaotic,” Falae added.
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