Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, during a recent event, has thrown his weight behind the agitation that the next President of the country should be a southerner and power should go to the south come 2023. 
Prof Zulum made this statement while giving his speech at the book presentation of the Director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside on Thursday, March 25.
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“The issue of power rotation is a covenant between us hence the need to shift the power to the south.”he said
According to him, it doesn’t matter what part of the South the next president comes from. He urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to heed his advice and keep to previous agreements made to shift power to the southern part of the country in the next administration.
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Governor Zulum will not be the first governor to say that the South should take power. Just last week, the Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari in an interview, also advocated for power to shift to the South come 2023.
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