Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today Thursday met with members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at the national headquarters in Abuja ahead of the constitution of the 10th National Assembly in June.
The APC NWC had on Monday zoned the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.
The party organ zoned the Senate President to the South-South, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Deputy Senate President to the North-West, Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano).
Others are the Speaker of the House of Representatives (North-West) – Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna), and Deputy Speaker South East – Ben Kalu (Abia).
Yari, who presented the protest letter by the aggrieved Senators-elect to the APC chairman, Adamu Abdullahi urged the party to review the zoning formula reviewed days ago for the purpose of justice and equity.
Further Addressing the NWC, Kalu, a Senate President aspirant, said giving every part of the country a pie makes the country beautiful. He argued that the party should not zone the leadership of the yet-to-be inaugurated National Assembly based on the number of votes each zone contributed to the victory of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.
According to him, a zone with low votes in the last election can turn out to give a large number of votes to the party in future elections.
In attendance are Senators Abdulaziz Yari, Orji Kalu, Mohammed Musa, and Sadiq Umar.
The APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu; National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore; and National Women Leader, Beta Edu.
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