APC Members Demand Fairness, Competence In Zoning Of 10th National Assembly Leadership

• Concerned APC members demand fairness and competence in zoning the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly based on federal character.

• They want competent senators with legislative knowledge to work alongside the president-elect to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

• The APC governors have been advised to work with the party’s leadership and lawmakers to elect principal officers of the National Assembly.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that some concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) members have asked the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the National Working Committee (NWC) to consider the federal character in the zoning of principal offices in the 10th National Assembly.

Competence is another virtue the party chieftains have asked the leadership to consider as race for the leadership position of the Red and Green chamber heightens.

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There are speculations that President-elect, Bola Tinubu and some APC stakeholders have resolved to support Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for the presidency of the 10th Senate.

The claims have, though, been dismissed by some party stakeholders.

Addressing the press in Abuja on Saturday, April 29, the Convener of the Concerned APC Members Forum, Okpokwu Ogenyi, expressed concerns that having come this far after the party’s victory in the general elections, it was only fair for it to play by the rule of equity and federal character.

He said, “As believers in the Nigerian project, our appeal to the party is to consider federal character in the zoning of the 10th Senate leadership bearing in mind competence and credibility with an understanding that Nigeria is a secular state with multiple faiths and six geopolitical zones.

“The president-elect needs highly competent senators with vast knowledge of legislative business to complement him in delivering dividends of democracy to Nigerians. We are aware that zoning is not done in a vacuum.

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His comment is coming two days after the president-elect met with APC governors and advised them to work with the party’s leadership and lawmakers to elect principal officers of the National Assembly.

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