Zoning Not Nigeria’s Problem -Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has stated that zoning of political offices to any part of the country is actually not the country’s problem.
Ortom made the remark while answering questions from journalists in Makurdi shortly after he returned from his party’s meeting in Abuja.

“Is zoning the problem of Nigeria? I have always said that zoning is good but it’s the cause of the marginalisation of our people and the cause of the poverty. Beyond that, America where we borrowed the presidential system of government from, you will recall that they don’t do zoning. George Bush was president of America. At a point, two of his sons were governors and one of his sons became president of that country.

“So, it doesn’t matter. You look for the best and that is where we are getting to 20 years after this current experience. Some of us are also looking at where we will look for credibility. We will be objective to get somebody who will lead us at the party level and even at the presidential level. I think this is the thinking of all Nigerians,” he said.