The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has insisted that the north must produce the next president in 2023 as the heaven will not fall if it does.
The NEF also said the north will not play second fiddle by relinquishing power to the south as being advocated by many Nigerians, as it has the numbers to tilt the votes in its favour in any election.
The position of NEF was made known by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.
Baba-Ahmed said this while delivering an address at the maiden Maitama Sule Lecture Series organized by the studentsā wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) held at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
āWe will lead Nigeria the way we have led Nigeria before, whether we are President or Vice President, we will lead Nigeria.
āWe have the majority of the votes and democracy says vote whom you want.
āWhy should we accept a second class position when we know we can buy a form and contest for first class and we will win?
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āWhy does anybody need to threaten us and intimidate us? We will get that power but be humble because power comes from God. We inherited leadership and being honest is not being stupid.
āThe North has pride; we are humble enough to know that we are going to run Nigeria with other people but we are not going to pay a second fiddle to anybody.
āWe may not have the most robust economy, there are people who are trying to strangulate us even more than we are being strangled.
āWe are ready for this. We will consider every economic adversity, challenge. We will fix the Northern economy and we are the only one who can fix this Northern economy.
āFor that reason, we are not for sale. We are in the process of rebuilding the North and we will rebuild the North from 2023.
āWhether the North holds power in 2023 or not anybody who wants to break up in this country will say so, they are just looking for excuses.
āThis is democracy. If they donāt like what Nigeria is, they will say they want to break up from this country, we donāt pay attention to those people, we are focused on the fact that we are running a democratic system.
āIf the majority of Nigeria voters vote for a candidate from the North and he becomes the President and somebody doesnāt want to live under the Nigeria President, the person can leave.ā
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