90 GOOD REASONS WHY GOODLUCK MUST RESPECT ZONING AND QUIT OFFICE BY 2011

1. Goodluck Jonathan emerged as a vice president as a product of zoning

2. Goodluck Jonathan emerged as an acting president as a product of zoning

3. Goodluck Jonathan emerged as a president as a product of zoning

4. Goodluck Jonathan was a deputy governor as a structure of zoning

5. Goodluck Jonathan was a governor as a result of zoning

6. Position of senate president is not by merit but by zoning

7. Position of speaker of House of Representative is not by merit but by zoning

8. Position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation is by zoning

9. Position of the vice president is not by merit but by zoning

10. The position of the chairman of the ruling PDP is zoned to the east

11. All position in the ruling PDP is zoned to one particular section of the country or another

12. All the 59 political parties in the country zoned their leadership

13. Without zoning only the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo can produce a president by their numerical strength

14. All the 36 states governors and their deputies are products of zoning

15. Many ministers in the federal cabinet are products of zoning

16. ASSU, NLC, NMA, NUJ, NUPENG, PENGASSAN, TUC, RATTAWU and all professional groups in Nigeria share positions on zoning

17. NANS, NPAN, NBA and many more observe zoning

18. All senators are representing zones from their states

19. Zoning came as a result of the quest for ‘power shift’

20. Zoning is the answer to sectional domination

21. Zoning ends ethnic hegemony

22. Zoning enables all sections to produce a president

23. Zoning ends the tyranny of the majority

24. The South enjoyed zoning for 8 years, the North must have it and end by 2015

25. There is nothing like merit in electoral politics

26. Zoning is the official end to Nigeria’s civil war

27. Zoning the presidency is not constitutional. Agreed.

28. Zoning the office of the Speaker is also unconstitutional

29. Zoning the office of the Senate President is also unconstitutional

30. Zoning the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation is also unconstitutional

31. Zoning the chairman of the parties is also unconstitutional

32. Zoning is the wisdom that stabilized the nation after the June 12 annulment crisis

33. South-South is not a name of a state is a zone

34. South-West is not a name of a state is a zone

35. South-East is not a name of a state is a zone

36. North-West is not a name of a state is a zone

37. North-Central is not a name of a state is a zone

38. North-East is not a name of a state in a zone

39. Federal Ministries have zonal offices

40. Federal Parastatals have zonal offices

41. The Army have zonal Divisions

42. Nigerian Prison Services have zonal offices

43. Nigerian Immigration Service have zonal offices

44. Nigerian Civil Defense Corp have zonal offices

45. NDLEA have zonal offices

46. NTA have zonal offices

47. FRCN have zonal offices

48. Nigerian Press have zonal offices

49. Civil Society Groups have zonal offices

50. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa represented zones

51. Shehu Shagari and Alex Ekweme represented zones

52. MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe represented zones

53. Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar represented zones

54. Umaru Musa Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan represented zones

55. Jonathan Goodluck and Namadi Sambo represented zones

56. Southerners will not have accepted a Northerner cancelling zoning

57. Northerner will not accept a southern Nigerian cancelling zoning

58. Ministry of Niger Delta is a zonal consideration

59. NDDC is a zonal consideration

60. Dredging of River Niger is a zonal consideration

61. The destruction of Peter Odili and the construction of Umaru Musa Yar’adua by Obasanjo in 2007 is about zoning

62. In a country with 350 groups you cannot end zoning and reap peace

63. In a country with cries of marginalization you cannot end zoning and reap peace

64. In a country with 50% literacy you cannot end zoning and reap peace

65. In a country of people with strong affinity to their religious and ethnic grouping you cannot end zoning and reap peace

66. Zoning and ‘merit’ can all be achieved at the same time

67. Jonathan Goodluck conduct a free, fair and credible election and handover power to a Nigerian of northern extraction whose tenure will end by 2015. And become an international statesman

68. Ending zoning will please Jonathan ‘supporters’ in the short run and create a problem for the country in the long run

69. Ending zoning will benefit Jonathan ‘supporters’ and instigate regional tension

70. Ending zoning will lead to a political backlash

71. European Union rotate their presidency using a zoning formula

72. Secretary General of United Nations is by zoning

73. Non Permanent members of the UN security council is by zoning

74. Head of the IMF is zoned

75. Head of the World Bank is zoned

76. African Union chairmanship is not by merit but by zoning

77. Leadership of ECOWAS is by zoning

78. Head of the Common Wealth of Nations is by zoning

79. World cup 2010 in South Africa is by zoning

80. Head of the ASEAN is by zoning

81. Leadership of NAFTA is by zoning

82. Switzerland, Czech Republic all observe zoning

83. Aminu Bello Masari became a speaker not by merit but by zoning

84. Ken Nnamani became a senate president not by merit but by zoning

85. Pius Anyim became a senate president not by merit but by zoning

86. Gemade became chairman of PDP not by merit but by zoning

87. President Barak Obama won by popular vote but zoned the vice presidency to a white male

88. United States did not criticize zoning when Olusegun Obasanjo was enjoying it

89. No ‘pro Jonathan supporter’ insist on merit during Obasanjo and Yar’adua presidency

90. All military regims with the exception of Buhari – Idiagbon regime respected zoning