Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has warned his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), that it was unconstitutional to micro-zone the leadership positions of the National Assembly to individuals.

This was as the former Abia governor declared that the Senators-elect were going to challenge the decision of the ruling party to zone the leadership hierarchy of the impending 10th Assembly to individuals, insisting that it was ’undemocratic.’

While maintaining that all the 109 Senators-elect have what it takes to be Senate president, the APC Senator called on the leadership of his party to ”go back to the drawing board, and rezone, not by name, but by zones.”

Kalu said: “What you have done (zoning formula) does not look very nice. It is undemocratic; it is unconstitutional to put people’s names. We are going to challenge it.

“We are going to say no. I am a party man and we have never disobeyed this party, but this is the first time we are going to say no on the floor of the Senate. The party should go back to the drawing board and rezone, not by name, but by zones.

“It will not be right for our party, being a very big party, to be doing something that is unconstitutional. I believe all the 109 senators elected to have what it takes to be Senate president. There is nobody that has been elected that cannot be senate president.”

METROWATCH reports that the APC National Working Committee (NWC), last week, micro-zoned Senate Presidency to Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), while announcing zoning arrangement for the leadership positions in the impending 10th National Assembly.

The party also micro-zoned Deputy Senate Presidency to Barau Jubrin (Kano); while for the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen (Kaduna) got Speaker, with Benjamin Kalu (Abia) taking the deputy slot.

https://metrowatchxtra.com/2023/05/12/senate-presidency-well-challenge-apcs-zoning-formula-on-senate-floor-says-kalu-metrowatch/

Lala Mynd44 Omp44

Saraki 2.0 loading?

When the largasse doesn't favour a politician, he will say the sharing process is undemocratic.

It's only in Nigeria that ex-convicts dare to become the president of the parliament. It's a shame!

Everything about this forced government will be catastrophic.

The people dont want you
your party will reject you

sonature1:
When the largasse doesn't favour a politician, he will say the sharing process is undemocratic.

It's only in Nigeria that ex-convicts dare to become the president of the parliament. It's a shame!

Even the so called president select is convicted and had to forfeit sums $460,000 as penalty

The shameless puppet of the North has begun his noisemaking. Such a hopeless 'tool'.

Mumu. You sold your soul to the devil, you betrayed your own people thinking you would get the Senate presidency, but they outsmarted you and now you want to challenge the process? You're a mumu Man. You've lost your relevance politically and otherwise

Bukola Saraki did it in 2015. By 2019 elections, Tinubu and Oshiomhole killed him politically. By 2023 election, Tinubu buried him politically forever. Orji Kalu will not last a quarter of a year before his political career is buried once and forever. Has anybody heard anything from or about Bukola Saraki this year? That is Tinubu's job while he(Tinubu) was out of government, now imagine what he will do when he is the President.