Tanko Yakasai: It is a good decision Tanko Yakasai: It is a good decision

Written by Daily Trust Thursday, 29 July 2010

Northern elder Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has commended the maturity demonstrated by northern governors in reaching their decision on zoning at their meeting in Kaduna yesterday.
Speaking when he asked to comment on outcome of yesterday’s meeting of northern governors in Kaduna, Yakasai said the governors’ decision on zoning showed that they were not prepared to betray the confidence reposed on them by their people.
He said the governors were saying the obvious when they clearly said President Goodluck Jonathan was entitled to contest the election in 2011 like any other Nigerian since the country’s constitution guarantees the right for any eligible Nigerian to contest.
Yakasai, however, faulted the decision of the south-south endorsing President Jonathan to contest the presidency in 2011, saying their stand was like putting the cart before the horse.
One zone in the south alone, according to him, could not arrogate power to itself to zone the presidency to a particular section of the country without the support of the other zones.
“So to single out one person as your candidate is just like crossing the bridge before reaching it. This is because PDP has not zoned the presidency to the south-south in the first place”, he said.