Don’t Punish Us For Saraki’s ‘Rebellion,’ North Central Leaders Beg Buhari

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Ahead of the June date for the inauguration of the 9th Assembly and election of its principal officers, certain leaders of the North central zone have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress not to punish the zone for the perceived ‘sin’ of the incumbent Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.

The
duo of Senator Bukola Saraki and Honourable Yakubu Dogara, had emerged
as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
respectively of the outgoing 8th Assembly in 2015, against the party
agreement which zoned the offices to the Northeast and Southwest zones.

Both Senator Saraki and Honourable Dogara are from north central and northeast geopolitical zones.

Further
findings revealed that for the 9th Assembly, the party stakeholders
have since zoned the office of Senate President to the Northeast and
settled for Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan from Yobe state.

There
are insinuations that the position of Speaker of House of
Representatives may be zoned to the Southwest while the south south
would produce the Deputy Senate President.

Addressing newsmen
on Tuesday in Abuja, the Leader of the North Central Elders’ Forum,
Alhaji Muhammadu Ari Gwaska declared that the North central be allowed
to produce the Speaker for the Green Chamber as he noted that the zone
came second behind the North west in the volume of votes delivered to
the APC presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari in the
February 23 election.

He said:”The North Central is too strategic
to be relegated in the sharing of power equation in Nigeria. Since the
adoption of the Presidential system of government in Nigeria, from the
Second Republic to date, the Zone has continued to play a strategic role
in representative government and bridge building.

“Lest we
forget, in the aftermath of the 2015 general elections, the Zone was
ignored in the appropriation of the spoils of office when the Senate
presidency was zoned to the North-East and the speakership zoned to the
South-West in addition to the position of Vice President which the Zone
occupies.

“This resulted in a revolt! The ensuing rebellion upset
the applecart by producing the current Senate President from the North
Central with the northeast occupying the speakership

Source:- Tribuneonlineng

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