By Christiana Ekpa
The members of the House of Representatives from the 17 Southern states unanimously and unequivocally endorse the patriotic resolution of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) on the resolve that the next President of Nigeria should emerge from the southern region.
The Southern Caucus in a statement by its Chairman Hon. Victor Nwokolo disclosed that the resolutions of Lawmakers “reinforces our stance, as federal lawmakers, that the Nation must and should exist on the pillars of justice, equity, fairness, peaceful co-existence and mutual respect, particularly in the political, economic and structural management of our national diversity.
“We note that the demand that the next President of Nigeria should come from the southern region unambiguously represents the opinion of majority of Nigerians across board, in tandem with the already established rotation of presidency position between southern and northern Nigeria.
“Furthermore, against the backdrop of our commitment towards free, fair, credible and transparent elections, the members of the House of Representatives from the South also back our governors in rejecting the moves to outlaw the electronic transmission of election result in the Electoral Act, as well as the confirmation of exclusive jurisdiction in pre-election matters on the Federal High Court. He added
,“We hold that electronic transmission of results directly from the polling unit is a firm step towards the elimination of result collation related malpractices, including alteration of figures, mutilation of documents.
