{"id":12360,"date":"2022-06-25T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12360"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T21:29:38","slug":"muslim-muslim-ticket-not-the-only-way-to-ruling-partys-victory-northern-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12360","title":{"rendered":"Muslim-Muslim Ticket Not The Only Way\u00a0 To Ruling Party&#8217;s Victory &#8211; Northern Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Muslim-Muslim Ticket Not The Only Way\u00a0 To Ruling Party&#8217;s Victory &#8211; Northern Group<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Northern Nigeria Front for Equity and Good Governance has faulted the claim from some quarters that only Muslim -Muslim ticket can bring victory to the ruling party in the 2023 presidential election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This claim the group described as misleading during a press conference held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat Kaduna.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The President of the Northern Nigeria Front for Equity and Good Governance, Zakariya Abdul&#8217;aziz speaking on behalf of the group said Muslims and Christians have for long coexisted peacefully in the north thus, such divisive statements should not be entertained as it is not healthy for the progress of the nation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The position of such people the group said\u00a0 is not only incorrect, but an attempt to mislead the good people of the region into thinking that religion or ethnicity is the major determining factor for the voting pattern of the North.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;To say that the choice of a Christain from the north will not guarantee Northern Votes for certain political parties, we find very divisive, careless and callous.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">That a Muslim-Muslim ticket is the only way to victory for the ruling party is misleading and very divisive.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Such voices the group condemned as it is capable of destroying the oneness and unity demonstrated by past northern leaders of blessed memory like late Sardauna and others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Buttressing their argument with the present composition of the Northern Governors Forum where the leadership is that of a Christian, Governor of Plateau State\u00a0 Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong as Chairman, where majority are Muslims only proved that such claim is untrue. It the handiwork of evil perpetrators and enemy of progress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Adding his voice, the General Secretary of the group,Moses Ladan Auta said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Northern region has operated as an entity. This they have done regardless of religion, ethnic and other affiliations. It is time to be sensitive of our diversity so that we can ensure the bond of the region for the good of all.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In its clarion call, the group urged<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Nigerians to continue to live in peace irrespective of their tribe or religion as there is no such divisive thought.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim-Muslim Ticket Not The Only Way\u00a0 To Ruling Party&#8217;s Victory &#8211; Northern Group Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria Northern Nigeria Front for Equity and Good Governance has faulted the claim from some quarters that only Muslim -Muslim ticket can bring victory to the ruling party in the 2023 presidential election. 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