North Central stakeholders within the ruling All Progressives Congress staged a protest to the National Secretariat of the party over their perceived exclusion from a purported zoning template devised by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the party.
The development came as the APC NWC adopted a zoning template for the position of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly.
A document issued after the NWC meeting on Monday in Abuja indicated that the Senate President would come from the South South and specifically, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom).
Others are "Deputy Senate President - North West -Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano).
"Speaker, House of Representatives North West-Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna). Deputy Speaker South East-Hon. Ben Kalu (Abia)".
APC spokesman, Felix Morka who signed the document said "the NWC called for further and better consultation with necessary stakeholders in order to assure the support of the aspirants to the National Assembly leadership positions and members of the Party nationwide".
He said; "The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met today, Monday, May 8, 2023 to consider reports of consultations and meetings held with the President- Elect, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, other Party leaders and stakeholders on zoning arrangement for 10th National Assembly leadership positions.
"The NWC noted with respect the outcome of the meetings held between the President-Elect and the leadership of the NWC. The NWC called for further and better consultation with necessary stakeholders in order to assure the support of the aspirants to the National Assembly leadership positions and members of the Party nationwide.
"We urge our party leaders, members and all Nigerians to continue to work for peace and progress of our country during and beyond the current period of leadership transition".
N'Central stakeholders kick
Convener of the stakeholders, Salihu Ibrahim, said the zone has given a lot to the APC and deserves a fair share in the scheme of things.
He said; "We are all here to call the attention of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and to congratulate the president elect-in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and to tell him that we the North Central have contributed a lot to his success and we want to still tell him that we are being marginalized as regards the sharing formula of offices of the 10th National Assembly.
"The party has not taken the North Central into consideration and it is outrageous. We are not happy. Right from the emergence of the APC, we the North Central have contributed largely to the development of APC and up till date we are still on it. Why is it that the national assembly speakership is something that Asiwaju under the watch of Abdullahi Adamu, who is even from the North Central will not wholeheartedly say the North Central should take this?"
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