The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on northern and southern governors to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign on which zone produces Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
The youths noted that recently there has been a war of words between the northern and southern governors over zoning the presidency, saying that they should allow peace to reign before dragging the country into another avoidable crisis.
Isah Abubakar, President, and Mock Samuel Kure, Director General, Media and Publicity, of the forum in a statement, said, “The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) noted with grave concerned the war of words over Zoning or otherwise of Presidency come 2023 between Northern and Southern Governors Forum.”
The statement explained it is common knowledge that most of the leaders sending threats on media won’t be here when things go out of control, adding that they have exit plans for their families and it is the common man that will suffer when things get bad.
The youths advised governors to dissipate their energy in developing their various states and coming with a formula on how they lift poor Nigerians from the current challenges of poverty, insecurity, and total hopelessness rather than trying to set them against each other along regional, religious and tribal lines.
The statement explained that whether the presidency comes from the north or south, it is the same elites from both North and South that will derive maximum benefits from the system, while the masses are made to face the real challenges of life.
The NYCN said it will mobilize its members to support a leader with a realistic and implementable manifesto that is capable of lifting Nigerians from the present state of suffering and mending the wide gulf of division that is fueling secession agitations from various parts of the country not minding where he or she comes from.
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