Former member of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, in this interview with JULIET OYOYO, spoke on major topical issues. Excerpts:
Sir, there is a recent statement by Alhaji Buba Galadima that the reason the North is agitating for a president from the region is due to the ploy by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a third term in office. I recall that you also stated that it is not yet time for the North to relinquish power to the South. What is your reaction to this?
I am sure you got me wrong in what I said or what was supposed to have been said by me. I never said it was time for the North to relinquish power or that it was not time for the North to relinquish power. I have only said that I am against zoning or rotation and that has been my stand without change, from the second republic. From 1981 till now, the idea has remained the same and that is what I have promoted.
So, whoever says that is my stand got me wrong. I have no business with zoning or rotation. I do not believe in it and, I also do not believe that it should be used as the basis to change the governing pattern in this country because, frankly speaking, wherever it was practiced, it failed. And, anywhere it is being considered, it is clearly a consideration that it has failed and it is not a democratic consideration.
So, as far as I am concerned, those who are saying they are planning for third term or fourth order should be able to answer the question but not me. It is none of my business as I am not a member of the PDP which made rotational or zoning, a mantra. And, I am not a member of APC, which in my knowledge has never considered zoning or rotation as a principle, in sharing office or in sharing power.
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