One of the top contenders for the post of the
Speaker, House of Representatives in the incoming
8th National Assembly, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on
Tuesday cautioned the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress against disqualifying
lawmakers from the North-West geo-political zone
from contesting the leadership positions in the
federal parliament.


Jibrin, who is the current Chairman, House
Committee on Finance, described as blackmail
arguments that no lawmaker from the North-West
should be considered as either the Senate President
or as Speaker of the House of Representatives
because the President-elect is from the zone.


He insisted that the emergence of Muhammadu
Buhari from the North-West should not affect the
zoning arrangement because he had been
automatically excluded, having been elected before
the party started discussion on the issue of National
Assembly leadership.


He said, “In the first instance, we are getting the
interpretation of the zoning arrangement completely
wrong. The Presidency is not supposed to be zoned
because whoever emerges is the President of the
whole Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari, was never
presented as the candidate of the North-West.


“The whole idea is for the President to emerge first.
After the emergence of the President, the six geo-
political zone would have to sit down and distribute
whatever position that are left particularly, that of the
parliament.


“I think we need to get this properly right. There
would be seven segments. Six are those of the zone
while one is that of the President. This is really going
to help the country when people actually realise that
the President is not supposed to be included in the
zoning arrangement.”


Jibrin further argued that Governor Rochas Okorocha
would not have contested against Muhammadu
Buhari if the post of the President was included in the
APC zoning arrangement.


He said, “Although the President-elect is from the
North-West but trying to exclude his zone from
benefiting from the leadership positions in the
incoming 8th National Assembly is very unfair.


Jibrin said his zone had the largest contingent of the
state assembly members, Senators, members of the
House of Representatives and even recorded the
highest number of votes during the Presidential
election.


He said, “What do we tell our people if you exclude
us from the leadership positions in the National
Assembly, simply because of zoning? We want the
President to concentrate on the entire country. We
want other offices that we will take back to our
people, because they need to hold on to something.”


He therefore called on every eligible senator and
member of the House of Representatives from the
North-West to, “come out and contest the leadership
of the National Assembly because it is our right and
we should not be boxed into a corner.”

missbehave247:

www.punchng.com/news/speakership-rep-warns-apc-against-disqualifying-nwest/

barcanista:
Northocracy... "Government for the North by the North to the North"
Actually, I care not whoever emerges Senate President or House Speaker.
APC!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fraud

Yungwizzzy:
Northerners haf come again with their born to rule attitude


Who told this dimf that 'it's their right'?

princealbashir:
The North will end up producing the President, Senate President and the Speaker.. APC's Zoning method is worse than PDPs

ejibaba:
North just can't hide their greed...power hungry people

truefact:

Yet yorubas will tell you Igbos are the greedy one