Stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have endorsed the zoning of the Senate Presidency to the South South and deputy Senate presidency to the North-West.
This is contained in a briefing by the Convener of the stakeholders, Okpokwu Ogenyi in Abuja over the weekend.
According to him, During the presidential election, the North-West gave the party the highest votes followed by the South-South, so it will be fair if the slots are given to those regions.
He, however, recommended Senator Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate President and Senator Barau Jibrin as Deputy Senate President respectively.
He explained that the combination of Akpabio and Barau in the Senate Presidency would engineer a successful Tinubu’s administration. Although Barau’s adoption is being opposed by some Governor’s in his zone .
His statement read: “We are aware that zoning is not done in a vacuum, so we highly recommend Senator Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate President and Senator Barau Jibrin as Deputy Senate President respectively.
“This will go a long way in building the confidence of APC members across the Country in preparation for the future of our great party, APC.
“It is pertinent to note that, in the South, South-South contributed the second highest votes after South-West which house the President-elect.
“The North-West gave the party the highest votes in the North with Kano state consistently giving APC the highest vote per State in every election since the formation of the APC.
“In the National Assembly, Senator Akpabio is the most ranking senator from the South-South under the platform of the APC while Senator Barau Jibrin is the most ranking senator from the North West.
“We sincerely appeal to the National Chairman of our great party, Sen Abdullahi Adamu, and his National Working Committee, NWC, members to zone the Senate Presidency seat to the South-South and the Deputy Senate President to the North West, preferably micro-zoned to Akwa Ibom State and Deputy Senate President to Kano State to pave way for the most ranking senators, Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin to emerge as the Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Senate respectively.”
