Several aspirants for the position of Senate President in the upcoming 10th National Assembly have voiced their discontent with the micro-zoning arrangement adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that at a meeting with the leadership of the party and members of the National Working Committee, the senators argued that the official decision was taken without consulting any of the aspirants.
They warned that if the APC leadership does not restrict the zoning arrangement to geopolitical regions, it could lead to open rebellion, as the aggrieved aspirants would brazenly disobey the party.
The meeting was attended by former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; the senator-elect representing Imo West, Osita Izunaso; Sani Musa (Niger East), Umar Sadiq (Kwara North) and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, who recently lost his wife.
During the meeting with the NWC members, Musa argued that the North cannot be overlooked when it comes to rewarding regions for votes and electoral victory, due to its massive contributions.
He called for an internal democracy to produce the needed consensus candidates the party seeks.
He stated, “There are certain times we should not push our luck. The NWC had a meeting with Mr President-elect. I respect Mr. President-elect. He is a tactical politician. He knows every inch of it. He will be able to listen to whatever an organ like APC will bring to him. Whatever anyone will tell him. He will want to aggregate his views. We have been saying that the status quo cannot continue but if we do not allow internal democracy to prosper, how do we expect to change things? I am very sure you will go back and take a look, especially when we are talking about internal democracy because even the issue of the national assembly is an issue of internal democracy.
