A chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Usman Bugaje, has called for an end to Nigeria’s rotational presidency, stating that it has plunged the country into a socio-economic crisis.
Bugaje made this known during an interview on Arise TV’s Morning Show, where he emphasized the need for Nigeria to focus on competence rather than regional rotation.
Bugaje argued that the rotational model has failed to deliver development, saying, “I think this is a very familiar conversation in the last 25 years. I think so much has changed that that kind of conversation is actually outdated. Yes, politics is about popular participation. Yes, inclusion is very important. Yes, people need to make sense or have good reasons to be able to participate. But I think what has happened in the last 25 years is the fact that we have tried these kinds of models of the North and the South and this and that, yet the country is only going down the drain.