Former Seceretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that he is qualified to rule Nigeria.
Lawal, a northerner from Adamawa State, stated this in reaction to calls from different quarters that power should shift to the Southern part of the country in the 2023 general election.
According to him, the Nigerian constitution did not limit power to any particular geopolitical zone or ethnic group in the country.
Lawal, who spoke in an interview with Saturday Sun, said, “Every part of Nigeria can produce a president, a competent one.
“I know so many. Being a cosmopolitan man, I know Igbos not less than ten that can successfully run this country; I know Yorubas that can do, I know Ijaws that can do, I know Hausas that can do, I know even Kilba.
“Hey myself, my friend, I can be president of this country. I consider myself quite competent to do so from a small tribe of 300,000 people. There are so many such tribes that can produce good, competent leaders all over Nigeria.
“Even if it is in the north, if we say the north-west has produced a presidential candidate, the south-west had produced one, I don’t see why the north-central can- not produce or the north-east cannot produce just as south-south, south-east, south-west and even north-west can still produce. The constitution doesn’t say it is prohibited. And as I said, I believe every zone, every state, has capable people that can run this country effectively.”
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