Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna

Some northern youths under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Consultative Movement on Thursday said they were supporting southern presidency in 2023 because the political elite of northern extraction had failed the region and Nigeria.

They said, “Insecurity, strangulation of government work, corruption, disregard for the rule of law, marginalisation, nepotism and the trampling of the fundamental human rights of the ordinary citizen has become the order of the day.”

Against this background, the group has, therefore, reiterated its resolve to settle for South-South presidency in 2023.