Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained that zoning is a necessary arrangement required for peace in the country.
He stated this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture to the participants of the Executive Intelligence Course 14 of the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja on Wednesday.
The governor said, “When people say zoning is unconstitutional, you know what is called equity? Equity brings peace. Let everybody be part of it. The moment you begin to think that this is your own exclusivity, it becomes a crisis.
“When you begin to deny some people of certain things, that will lead to insecurity and with insecurity, you cannot achieve sustainable development.
Wike continued, “Take, for example, when the Igbos are crying to say, ‘look, in appointment, you don’t recognise us,’ what is wrong in listening to them?
“What is wrong in sitting back and saying, ‘look, we are all one; we want this country to be together, for us to achieve sustainable development? If you don’t include them, some of them will begin to believe that they are not part of the system”.
