84 crude, yet is the magic numeric panacea for current political quagmire.

84 crude, yet is the magic numeric panacea for current political quagmire.

For stability and escape from political turmoil Nigeria must adopt terminable  zonal presidency that would terminate on the 84th year with a South West presidency.
To achieve this zonal presidency the current 6 geopolitical zones in the country should be adopted and enshrined into the law of the land. Under this arrangement The office of the Vice presidency would be third in line to the presidency. Either the position of senate president or the speaker should be zoned to a reputable person from the same zone that produces the current President. The vice presidency should be zoned to the zone that would assume the presidency when the 8 year term of the current zonal presidency expires.
If the president dies or is impeached and removed the Speaker or the senate president assumes the presidency and this ensures that the presidency remains in the same zone that is its turn to produce the presidency.
If the speaker is 1st in line to the presidency, under emergency the senate president would assume a-no-more-than 4 months temporary presidency assuming the president and the speaker suddenly dies or become incapacitated simultaneously. Within the 4 month temporary presidency the National Assemble would vote to select the president from among the national legislative delegations from the zone which it is still its turn to produce the presidency. The 4 month temporary presidency is not recoverable for the zone
that lost it.
I agree this zonal or 8 year rotational presidency is not an ideal democritic arraegement or process but perfect is not an enemy of the good. Nigeria with its current situation, intractable and myriad of issues, gross mistrust and division among its constituent nationalities may have to adopt this model for an 84 year period at which time hopefully the country may have fully matured democratically. And the current breed of criminally corrupt cutthroat ethno- jingoist politicians would have died out and eternally condemned; at which time any Nigerian would call and beliefs any part of the country as home.
Yet still, the National Conference must enshrine fiscal federalism with power in the center reasonably dissolved to the zones.
Here is the breakdown of the 84 year rotational presidency envisioned to begin in 2015:
SS: 2015 to 2019
North: 8-years
SE: 8
North: 8
SW: 8
North:8
SS:8
North: 8
SE: 8
North: 8
SW: 8.