By Hon. Adams Yusuf
Every durable nation learns the same lesson. Power that never moves breeds resentment, and resentment destroys unity.
Switzerland rotates the presidency of its Confederation every year among the members of its Federal Council. Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates the chair of its three-member presidency every eight months. These countries did not rotate power because it was convenient. They did so because they learned, at great cost, that a union survives only when every part sees itself in the leadership.
Nigeria knows this lesson too. Our federal character principle, and the zoning arrangements our parties have long used, exist for one reason: to assure every section of the country that its turn will come.
Kogi State is no different. Our three senatorial districts, East, Central and West, were joined to form one state. That union holds only as long as each district believes that power is shared among all of them and not held by some. Kogi West has waited a long time for its turn at the governorship. We say this without bitterness and without any wish to diminish any other part of the state. Unity and struggle go together. We struggle precisely because we believe in the union.
The argument is simple. When power stays too long in one place, unity dies. When it moves, citizens everywhere invest in the state, because they know that tomorrow it may be their son or daughter who leads. Rotation is not a favour to a region. It is the price of a peaceful, shared future.
Kogi West has the people, the experience and the competence to govern. Our people have given Nigeria teachers, jurists, public servants, professionals and traditional rulers of the highest standing. What we ask is what fairness and our own political culture already promise: that in 2027 the governorship should come to Kogi West.
This is also in the interest of the All Progressives Congress. A party that honours its own commitment to equity earns the loyalty of every district. A party that does not risks losing the goodwill on which elections are won.
To our brothers and sisters in the East and in the Central, we say: this is not a contest against you. It is an invitation to complete the work of building one Kogi.
Unity demands that power serves all, not just one part. To strengthen our collective unity, Kogi West deserves the governorship in 2027.
Hon. Adams Yusuf
Convener, Kogi Equity Alliance
Email: info@kogiequityalliance.org.ng
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