The Almagamation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Northern Forum in Nigeria has urged the National Working Committee of the party to consider the North Central geo-political zone for the position of the Deputy President of the 10th National Assembly.
The Coordinator of the Forum, Alhaji Habibu Salau, made the appeal in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
Salau argued that since the Senate President and Deputy Senate President positions must be shared between the North and the South, the North Central stood a better chance to produce a presiding Officer of the apex legislative Assembly.
He said, Senator Sani Musa, who is a ranking Senator from the North Central geo-political zone is eminently qualified to be elected either as the Senate President or Deputy.
“If the leadership of the All Progressives Congress decided to zone the position to the South, the Deputy Senate President should automatically go to the North Central.
“In fairness, the North Central deserves to produce the next Senate President or Deputy because of the impressive performance of the APC in the zone in the last elections going by the numbers of APC Senators produced from different geo-political zones.
“For instance, the South West produced 15 out of 18; South South had seven out of 18; South East with six out of 15; North Central got 10 out of 19; North East, nine out of 18 and North West, eight out of 21.
“Aside from party politics, it is obvious that the South West and North Central Senators–elect would determine the next presiding officers of the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.
“The APC National working committee should therefore consider all these factors before embarking on the zoning arrangements for the next leadership of the 10th Senate.”
