{"id":172626,"date":"2025-08-05T21:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-requires-good-governance-not-rotational-presidency"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:33:33","slug":"nigeria-requires-good-governance-not-rotational-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-requires-good-governance-not-rotational-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Requires Good Governance Not Rotational Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has faulted the practice of rotational presidency in Nigeria, insisting that the country only needs good governance.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore stated this on Tuesday, when he appeared as a guest on \u2018Sunrise Daily\u2019, a breakfast show on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential candidate said the country should be interested in a President who will run Nigeria better, irrespective of his region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have a good President in Nigeria, who can run this country very well, I don\u2019t care where he comes from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what the majority of the Nigerian people are aspiring for. That is the idea of this federation that all the federating units should be able to have an opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that every presidential aspirants should be given a chance irrespective of their region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has faulted the practice of rotational presidency in Nigeria, insisting that the country only needs good governance. Sowore stated this on Tuesday, when he appeared as a guest on \u2018Sunrise Daily\u2019, a breakfast show on Channels Television. 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