Presidency: Until we make a law for zoning, political desperation will not end – Niger Delta group

A pressure group, the Niger Delta Youth Coalition (NDYC), has called for legislation that would guarantee political zoning and power rotation as part of the county’s law.

National Coordinator of the group, Mr Emmanuel Ogba, made the call on Saturday in Port Harcourt.

He urged the National Assembly to strive towards making legislations aimed at legalising political zoning of offices in the country especially for the office of the President and Commander in Chief.

This, he said will further unite the country and dispel the notion of marginalization and injustice against sections of the country.

Ogba also called on the youth and politicians in the Northern part of the country to begin preparations towards galvanising support for a Southern President come 2023.

He expressed the opinion that if the constitution was amended to accommodate political zoning of offices that  crises and desperation that usually characterised presidential elections in the country would reduce.

“By entrenching zoning in the nation’s constitution, presidential elections will be less expensive and the level of desperation that is always witnessed during presidential elections will be drastically reduced,” he said.

The coordinator also revealed that some political parties, like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have had zoning in its internal agreement adding that the measure had to a large extent boosted the party’s internal democracy.

According to him, the PDP zoning module in the last general election to a large extent helped reduce internal political crises that in time past bedeviled the party .

He appealed to members of the PDP, particularly those from the northern part of the country, to always embrace zoning irrespective of ethno-political interests.(NAN)