* South-south, South-east favoured to produce Senate president

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to have worked out a zoning formula for the election of the presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly ahead of its inauguration in June 2023, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.

The ruling party, it was learnt, is now awaiting the return of the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, for a final decision on the matter. This is coming as strong indications have continued to show that the South-south and South-east are favoured to produce the Senate President.

THISDAY gathered at the weekend that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) already has a draft of the zoning formula for the selection of the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, House Speaker, and Deputy Speaker, among the returning members of the two chambers.

It was learnt that the party’s NWC at a recent meeting agreed on the template for choosing the presiding officers of both the Senate and the House of Representatives but is only waiting for input from the national leader of the party and President-elect, Tinubu.A member of the NWC of the APC, who spoke to THISDAY last night, disclosed that the party’s leadership has worked out a proposed formula for sharing the principal officers of the incoming National Assembly.“The party has not been sleeping. Consultations started before the governorship elections and a proposed template is ready and will be presented to the President-elect,” he said.He told THISDAY that for the office of the Senate President, the party is looking in the direction of South-south and South-east.It was learnt that the senators from the two zones have stepped up their lobby at the level of the party’s leadership by selling their candidature to the leaders and members of the NWC in the last few days.

Tinubu had last month travelled to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj from the United Kingdom and is said to be in Paris, France at the moment, where he is said to be holding consultative meetings on his proposed cabinet ahead of his inauguration on May 29, 2023. THISDAY gathered that the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who joined him earlier yesterday in France, also broke the Ramadan fast with him in the evening.

Before he travelled, Tinubu had revealed that he had no preferred candidates for the leadership of both chambers. Tinubu, who was represented by the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this at the meeting with the new members-elect of the National Assembly. It was gathered that in the proposed zoning formula, only the South-west and the North-east zones which produced the President-elect and Vice President-elect, respectively, are exempted from vying for the leadership of the legislative arm of government.

Though the South-east and South-south are said to be favoured, the North-west and North-central zones are also eligible to vie for Senate President and Deputy Senate President.The APC currently has 57 Senators-elect as against 27 by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while the Labour Party has eight seats, NNPP and SDP got two seats each while APGA and YPP won a seat each.

Eight senatorial elections have been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and are to be concluded on April 15, 2023.Already, some Senators-elect have made public their intention to vie for the Presidency of the 10th Senate. They include Senate Chief Whip,Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (South-east); former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio (South-South); Senator Sani Musa (North-central); Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Barau Jibrin (North-west); former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari (North-west) and outgoing Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi (South-east).

Just last week, a former Governor of Abia State and a contender for the position of Senate President, Senator Orji Kalu was at the State House in Abuja to solicit the support of President Muhammadu Buhari for his ambition.Kalu told journalists after a closed-door meeting with the President at the State House that he briefed him about his intention to vie for the number three in Nigeria.

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We all know that APC supporters are people with attributes such as greed, ethnic and religious bigotry, criminal tendencies, and illiteracy. Which is why they would support a controversial candidate in the first place. However, APC can help you in two ways:

1. They can help you spot potential criminals, and small-minded people you should avoid. For instance, I have used this campaign season as an opportunity to sanitize my social media by blocking anyone supporting Tinubu. This way I can be sure that my social media feeds will only contain posts from reasonable people for the foreseeable future.

2. If you're an employer, you can quickly filter out potential employees who lack morals and will eventually ruin your business by just checking their social media posts. Once you see posts supporting Tinubu from them, just turn them down. This is a cheap way to ensure that you're hiring the best minds.

Always remember that APC is the party of criminals

Shettima will deal with Tinubu, watch and see how things unfolds.

Speaker house of reps should go to south south
Senate should go to south east.

Kalu and akpabio shouldn't be allow to near that seat they should give david umahi only if constitution permit.But if constitution didn't permitted akpabio should take it. Kalu should go and meet his friends Ahmed lawal.

Ashiwaju Jagaban Presido

Hit the ground running from day 1 don spend 2 weeks for France

Mumu them want use that want compensate we south south and out brothers south east

You dey zone National Assembly, you never answer Tribunal court case.

This people thinks we are playing.

We await the court shaa.

He no even dey Nigeria? Na waoh

This one go be another foreign based President oo

May Jagaban succeed!
May Nigeria Succeed!
May i and me succeed!
May all supporters of Nigeria succeed!
May all supporters of destruction not succeed!

When he left for Hajj chest beating obidients are saying he will not return.

Ss

I rather remain idle than to be a temporary NASS leader.

Thiefs fighting over what won't last.

Best way to go

We await him..

I just saw one useless audio analysis on Twitter. Obi supporters are useless. If the audio were fake? What’s stopping Oyedepo with his basket mouth or Obi with is boasting chest beating shenanigans from sueing people’s gazette

TinUbu is igboman.. so the south east has the presidency

For Italian or British mandate ?

Or Naija ?

Mc Olumoloko for Transportation Minister

As long as Tinubu has a capable team in place, he can rule Nigeria from a hospital bed in Paris.

- Tinubu Urchiins

My boss is coming

Waiting for their slave master, bunch of slaves.

If you stay in Nigeria for too long, you will think every African country is the same....


To make matters worst, you're bringing in another mess....GOD abeg

Okay..

I saw a particular thread earlier about Apc having 15 or how many days left to respond to Pandora Pangolo petition.

The 3rd class acute dullard supporters are even more dull than their so called Chief dullard..

If you file a petition and your respondent does not file a response to your petition, it's called Default. The Petitioner can still move forward with his or her case. Responding to a petition isn’t a must but men with common sense wouldn’t say a word as lawyers are already in charge..

Tinubu’s lawyers are the ones in charge and they’ll do it anyhow they deem fit as they’re all professionals..

So, Pandora can move forward with his case. Tinubu has done what he's suppose to do ( prepare his lawyers ). His lawyers are readily waiting.

If Pandora goes to court tomorrow, they'll hear is case. So nothing is delaying him, other than himself..

Fut9ure:
Mumu them want use that want compensate we south south and out brothers south east

It is for South South.

Ibos don't deserve any important post in Jagaban government.

make buhari no go better pass this man o
God abeg

Are you done?

Reinaldo:
We all know that APC supporters are people with attributes such as greed, ethnic and religious bigotry, criminal tendencies, and illiteracy. Which is why they would support a controversial candidate in the first place. However, APC can help you in two ways:

1. They can help you spot potential criminals, and small-minded people you should avoid. For instance, I have used this campaign season as an opportunity to sanitize my social media by blocking anyone supporting Tinubu. This way I can be sure that my social media feeds will only contain posts from reasonable people for the foreseeable future.

2. If you're an employer, you can quickly filter out potential employees who lack morals and will eventually ruin your business by just checking their social media posts. Once you see posts supporting Tinubu from them, just turn them down. This is a cheap way to ensure that you're hiring the best minds.

Always remember that APC is the party of criminals

Tinubu is not coming back soon.

He knows that no judge in the world can give pass to a presidential candidate who forfeited $460,000 drug trafficking money to the US government in the past.

He knows that FIFA judge can't approve a football match where a referee shifted the goalpost in the middle of the football match.

He knows that Abuja cannot suddenly become Nigeria's 37th state because he wants to be president of Nigeria.