Former Nationwide Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Waziri Bulama, has mentioned that no single area in Nigeria can win the presidency with out constructing alliances with others.
Bulama made the remarks throughout an interview on Come up Tv.
He defined that Nigeria’s range makes cooperation between areas important for democratic stability.
Bulama was responding to a comment credited to Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who had mentioned that no politician may win the presidency with out the North and that the area would quickly resolve the place its votes would go.
In reply, Bulama argued that no area may produce a president by itself.
“Neither would a northerner win an election with out the help of different components of the nation,” he mentioned, stressing that alliances throughout areas stay important in Nigeria’s multi-ethnic democracy.
He defined that regardless of Late Muhammadu Buhari being a well known determine with about 12 million constant votes throughout three elections, he couldn’t win till he shaped alliances with different areas.
“So it was an ideological motion that linked with residents throughout the nation, not simply within the North however throughout,” he mentioned.
He defined that when individuals be part of a political occasion, they’re anticipated to put aside native identities resembling tribe, area, or faith and as a substitute embrace the collective values and targets of the occasion.
