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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Tuesday, June 29, 2004. El-Yakub warns on danger of power shift agitation By Augustine Madu West Special Correspondent, Kano   The House of Representative member from Kano State, Alhaji Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub, has said that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be ready to accept responsibility for whatever fate that may befall the nation over power shift. Alhaji El-Yakub, who represents Kano municipal federal constituency in the House, noted with concern that the controversy that has trailed the agitation for power shift, especially between the North and South East, is assuming a dangerous dimension. “The wrangling associated with the demand for power shift by the North and South East is the price we pay for pursuing undemocratic principles.  PDP should be blamed for enshrining power shift in their agenda.  Power shift is undemocratic as it encourages ethnic and regional politics, where leaders emerge on ethnic consideration, rather than sound character, merit, competence and national acceptance by the people,” he said. He lamented that instead of implementing the manifestoes on the people’s aspirations, the PDP was busy inventing confusion in the system through power shift and other actions. El-Yakub noted, for instance, that the growing agitation for the 2007 race was being pursuit by PDP chieftains and their allies.  According to him, this shows that the leadership has lost focus, the elected officials have equally lost focus, pointing out that the elected officials had abandoned their responsibilities in pursuit of personal agenda. He added that such build-up when the present government is barely one year old would not succeed.  “We cannot achieve anything in a hurry. When the time comes, the people will decide who goes where and it should be based on merit and competence and not ethnic or regional consideration sponsored by the PDP,” he said, adding: “The executive has failed Nigerians and should apologise for not being alive to their responsibilities to the Nigerian people.”       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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