Adeyeye Enitan, the Ooni of Ife, has described the calls for
the zoning of the presidency in the 2023 elections, as “based on emotions.”
Ooni said this on Friday in a chat with ARISE TV.
There have been calls for political parties to zone their
presidential tickets to the south, in what several politicians from the region
have described as a move that will be in the interest of “fairness, equity and
justice.”
The debate took a new twist earlier in May when the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) decided to forgo zoning and throw open its presidential
ticket.
Adding his voice to the debate, the Ooni urged Nigerians to
focus on competence, adding that “emotion has been our problem in this country
for a long time, and that is why we are not growing”.
“The call for zoning is based on emotions. Let us cut the
chase and go to the factual things. Who is going to turn around this country,
irrespective of emotions and sentiments? We have built our institutions on
emotions and sentiment, which is unfortunate because it will not last,” he
said.
“We have big problems in this country. Who is going to solve
them? Let us look at it with our analytical minds other than emotions and
sentiments of zoning.
“Let’s look at
competence in Nigeria. Emotion has been our problem in this country for a long
time, and that is why we are not growing.”
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