…Newcomers Like Oshiomhole, Umahi Dropped As APC Governors Recommend Zoning
The scrabble for the new Senate President and House of Representative Speaker has reached a fever pitch as gathered by Hotmedia.ng, the build-up to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly has taken a new shape Meanwhile, the All Progressive Congress (APC) governors have sent a memo to Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu to vet their recommendations for the leadership of National Assembly leadership.
Amid the scrabble for the leadership of the incoming 10th National Assembly, a fresh twist has emerged as governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) enlisted their recommendation for the zoning of leadership.
Reports by Premium Times revealed that this recommendation was meant for the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to the APC governor’s recommendations, the southeast and south-south regions have been favoured for the position of Senate President.
It was gathered that the governors under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) held a meeting on Saturday, April 8, to resolve the zoning formula for the Senate Presidency and the Speakership of the House of Representatives.
Hotmedia.ng gathered that after the meeting, a memo was released by the PGF, which contains the recommendation for the zoning pattern for the Senate Presidency and Speakership.
Below is the zoning formula:
a. Senate President – South-East or South-South or North-Central
b. Deputy Senate President – North-Central or North-West
c. Speaker of the House – North-Central or North-West
d. Deputy Speaker of the House – South-East or South-South.
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As contained in the memo, other principal positions should be allotted as compensation to candidates who might have stepped down their ambition for the top seat in the House of Assembly.
These positions were outlined as follows:
a. Majority Leader
b. Deputy Majority Leader
c. Chief Whip, and
d. Deputy Chief Whip Meanwhile,
A gentlemanly agreement was reached to put forward the memo duly signed by the PGF Chairman and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, to Mr Tinubu for “expedited action”.
The Reports also revealed that it had not been confirmed if the memo had gotten to the president-elect or if he had assented to it.
Similarly, the Senate President seat is on course to be a tight race as the list of aspirants is filled with influential names.
Sources have confirmed that the position of Senate President is expected to be zoned to the south-south region. However, another source revealed that the selection of the new Senate President is subject to the discretion of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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A president elect that has numerous cracks about himself is the one they are recommendations to. These charlatans will not cease to amaze me with their delusional acts