Muslim–Muslim Ticket
The Muslim–Muslim ticket is a term used to describe the Nigerian political arrangement where both the President (government title), presidential and Vice president, vice-presidential candidates of a major party are Muslims. Such Ticket (election), political tickets are a distinctive and controversial issue in Nigerian politics, the politics of Nigeria, a country with a roughly equal population of Muslims and Christians, and a history of Ethnoreligious group, ethno-religious conflicts. Muslim–Muslim tickets have been seen by some as threats to the country's religious harmony, and by others as progressive moves that transcend religious sentiments and focuses on competence and merit. Nigeria is roughly divided between its predominantly Northern Region, Nigeria, Muslim northern regions and largely Christianity in Nigeria, Christian southern regions. The tensions arising from this division have occasionally led political parties to adopt the Muslim–Muslim ticket as a strategic ...
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