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US-based Nigerian-born public intellectual, Prof. Farooq Kperogi, says the APC and PDP should zone the 2023 presidency to the southeast. The professor of journalism made the call on Sunday when he appeared as a guest on the inaugural episode of the online talk show \u201c90 Minutes Africa\u201d hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Kperogi said he supports the ceding of power to the southeast so that the people of the region can be given a sense of belonging. \u201cI will want the major political parties to be sensitive to people that have been excluded since 1999,\u201d Prof. Kperogi stated, adding that he supports the ceding of \u201cpower to the southeast because that is the region that has never produced the president from 1999 until now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further characterized his choice of a president as someone who should be \u201crelatively young, energetic and amenable to new ideas\u201d with adequate intellectual and political exposure. He said only such a person, supported by a coalition of people sufficiently animated to make Nigeria work can change the structure of the country and \u201ctweak our democratic experiment\u201d in such a way that shows sensitivity to our cultural uniqueness and make everyone feel a sense of belonging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The popular columnist called on competent Nigerians who have realized the problem of the country and how to make it work to step forward as we move towards the 2023 elections so as to shake off the \u201cdisabling debilitating fatigue\u201d that the Buhari government has created in the polity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNigeria is a nation that is neither alive nor dead. It is perpetually in the twilight zone\u2026 We should avoid bequeathing such a nation to the next generation\u201d, Prof Kperogi admonished. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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