Democracy Nigerian style."The South-south now has the President, North-central has Senate President, North-east has the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as well as Deputy Speaker, South-west has the Speaker and South-east has the party chairman and Deputy Senate President,” he said. “North-west is the only zone excluded from the power equation in the country.”
The North-west consists of seven states – Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina, where Yar’Adua hailed from.
“By the current arrangement,” Lawan said, “all other zones apart from the North-west are well accommodated and for purposes of equity and geo-political balancing, the North-west must not be sidelined. That is our position.”
From Thisday online paper in Nigeria
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