The polity is twitching sequel to 17 Southern governors’ demand at their meeting last Monday in Lagos, that the South should be allowed to take a shot at the presidency in 2023.
Tongues are wagging over the issue as many political bigwigs from the North see it as a way of shutting them out of the presidential race.
Pundits have argued that zoning can only be guaranteed by political parties which field candidates for various political offices.
While the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recognised and enshrined in its constitution that there shall be power rotation between the North and the South, the Constitution of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no such provision.
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Olusola Fabiyi, Oyetunji Abioye and Jesusegun Alagbe
Published 15 May 2021
Olusola Fabiyi, Oyetunji Abioye and Jesusegun Alagbe
Published 15 May 2021
Troops can’t be schooling when we’re in a war situation –Brigadier generals
Following intensified insurgency attacks across the country, particularly in the North, the Nigerian Army has recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country, according to a leaked memo by the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja.
In the memo dated May 11, the Nigerian Army also suspended the sponsorship of personnel in civil institutions with the exemption of students in the final year.
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With the intensity of the daring attacks on citizenry, particularly in Northern Nigeria by terrorists group, Boko Haram, the Nigerian Army has no been forced to recall their personnel who are on study leave in various higher institutions of learning across the country.
According to a memo dated May 11 and seen by Punch, the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja, also suspended the sponsorship of personnel in civil institutions with the exemption of students in their final year.
The memo signed by Brigadier General I. A Ajose on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, and titled, ‘Exemption of Ex Boys (NMS) from Personnel Affected by Directive on Suspension of NA Sponsorship to Civil Institutions.
Of course, available data from reported cases and accounts by victims of the current madness are harrowing, disturbing and disheartening. In this month of April 2021, over 200 Nigerians were killed by so-called bandits, terrorists and separatists. In Borno State, there is no accurate data on the number of persons killed in multiple attacks in Damasak, Kwapre village, Kumuya military base, Mainok military super-camp, and Geidam town in Yobe State, which has been annexed by terrorists who boast about their victory over the Nigeria Army. In the South-East, more than 43 policemen have been killed by persons suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB group. They attack security formations, kill operatives and cart away arms. A highly condemnable development that should be taken very seriously by the federal and state governments.