SGF Akume explains why North-South presidential power rotation was conceived
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has revealed that Nigeria's North-South presidential power rotation arrangement emerged from consultations among political leaders seeking to heal divisions created by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Akume, a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), said the decision was reached after extensive deliberations by party leaders who believed a rotational presidency would promote national unity, inclusion and political stability. At one key meeting, the agenda included two main items: power shift and the PDP's presidential candidature. It was a tough argument before the rotational presidency issue was agreed upon, but leaders eventually conceded because they recognized the June 12 annulment had complicated the entire situation. The arrangement was finally adopted to alternate power between the North and the South. Akume explained this decision was adopted in […]