• Puts Speakership, Deputy Senate President as second option

Despite the recent announcement regarding the zoning of leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), some members-elect from the North are still pushing for a different agenda.

In the announcement by the APC, the position of the President of the Senate was zoned to the South South, with Godswill Akpabio as the preferred candidate. Barau Jibrin from North West, was favoured to emerge as Deputy President of the Senate.

In the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass from North West was endorsed by the APC leadership as the preferred candidate for the position of the Speaker. Benjamin Kalu from South East got the nod to emerge as Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.

Though there are still dissenting voices on the issue of micro-zoning, stakeholders in the ruling APC and other political parties, have agreed in principles that a Christian from the South should head the 10th Senate.

Their decision is based on the fact that the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, are both Muslims. Similarly, the head of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, is also a Muslim.

Despite the aforementioned glaring realities, some former governors from the North and members of the National Assembly from the ruling party and the opposition have commenced a discreet campaign for Abdulaziz Yari from Zamfara State. Yari is also a Muslim.

The new Northern coalition, Saturday Sun reliably gathered, is spearheaded by a former presiding officer in the National Assembly, who is a top figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former presiding officer, it was further learnt, is opposed to the ceding of the position of the President of the Senate to the South. In 2011, the top politician opposed President Goodluck Jonathan’s move to contest for the position of the President, insisting that it was the turn of the North to produce the late Umaru Musa Ya’Adua’s successor.

Again, in 2015, he joined forces with Northern elements to unseat Jonathan. In 2019, he ran and lost the ticket of his party. In 2023, despite a general consensus that power be ceded to the South, he ran for the position of the President but lost the ticket.

Some senators who have been approached by the presiding officer and other top politicians from the North, said they were told to support Yari and jettison the zoning position of the APC.

One of the senators-elect approached, who spoke with Saturday Sun, said Yari enjoys the support of key Northern senators-elect, who are plotting a repeat of 2015 when Bukola Saraki emerged as President of the Senate against the position of his former party, APC.

Another senator-elect said he was promised the chairmanship of an A-list committee if he would support the bid.

The returning senator warned that if aspirants from the South don’t close ranks and find a common front in the next couple of days, the North will produce the next President of the Senate, who will also be a Muslim.

According to him, a principal officer in the current Senate is among the arrowheads campaigning for a Senate President of Northern extraction in the 10th National Assembly.

However, one of the senators-elect approached said the South will revolt and resist any attempt by the North to produce a Muslim as President of the Senate.

He said Southern senators-elect will meet soon at an elaborate forum where other aspirants will be urged to close ranks and present a single candidate to counter Yari’s “desperate moves.”

Asked if the meeting would involved members of the opposition, he spoke in the affirmative. “Every senator-elect from the South will attend,” he said.

Speaking further, he noted: “You read a statement released by the leadership of the Northern Elders’ Forum, insisting that no one will force a candidate on the North. That is a preamble of what some of them are planning.

“Those who are expected to speak in favour of having a Christian as President of the Senate, are not talking. That should tell you something. Some people we didn’t expect are the ones leading Yari’s campaign and they’re shameless about it.

“They’re happy about the division among senators-elect from the South on who to support between Akpabio and others. This is the time for the South to speak up and unite. I’m sure they’ll do that. We’re meeting soon and th3se issues will be addressed.

“Although I’m not a member of the APC, I believe Tinubu will not allow it when he becomes President soon. He knows the controversy his ticket generated and if he wants to heal the wounds, he will stop Yari at all cost.

“The most surprising thing is that a former presiding officer is the one trying to convince his colleague to support a Muslim. How greedy can he be? This former presiding officer has always opposed anything that involves the South since 2011.

“I’m also calling on Akpabio to as well as other contenders from the South to have a frank talk together and resolve this unnecessary contest. We have a country to protect.”

https://sunnewsonline.com/north-resumes-bid-for-senate-presidency/

Nlfpmod Mynd44

I would love to see a Christian Northern senate president sha.

The North are a greedy set of people, a power drunk lot.
They just had the number one and number three positions in this outgoing administration.

They bring nothing to the table, just good at using hisba sharia police 👮 to destroy bottles after the ogas of hisba must have had a field day drinking up to half of beers in the bottles.

insidelife22:
The North are a greedy set of people, a power drunk lot.
They just had the number one and number three positions in this outgoing administration.

They bring nothing to the table, just good at using hisba sharia police 👮 to destroy bottles after the ogas of hisba must have had a field with drinking of up to half of beers in the bottles.

They said they gave votes...meaning that they added to the triumph of the in-coming considerably more than South-South. In all honesty, they are deserving of such an office based on votes. But it negates the principle of equity, if you asked me.

Tinubu should kukuma help to divide the country

Let Muslim do president, VP, cjn, Senate president, rep speaker

Untop south south christians oil

NzogbuNzogbu:
Tinubu should kukuma help to divide the country

Let Muslim do president, VP, cjn, Senate president, rep speaker

Untop south south christians oil

Divide which country

For emphasis, only the Igbos want to secede.
When they secede, the Yorubas and Hausa Fulanis can remain in their indivisible one Nigeria.

Ofunaofu:


Divide which country

For emphasis, only the Igbos want to secede.
When the secede, the Yorubas and Hausa Fulanis can remain in their indivisible one Nigeria.

but if you get obi pipedream you would forget secede

Cos all you care about is igboman ruling

NzogbuNzogbu:
but if you get obi pipedream you would forget secede

Cos all you care about if igboman ruling

Peter Obi is a Nigerian project

😎


Dead on arrival.

Yari must be a mad man. If the North mess up, we the South will give it to them wotowoto.

Who takes Northern politicians serious. I hate this their born to rule attitude. Nigeria has become the poverty capital of Africa since born to rule fools from the North took presidency as their birth right

A Northerner, not again, we will never give any Northerner any appointment again.

Buhari regime is over, the North will never rule Nigeria again. Take it to the Bank

Ofunaofu:


Peter Obi is a Nigerian project

till further notice ipob project

He will Sha rule Nigeria one day like he said

Just that the one day doesn't have date like (no credit today cum tomorrow)

😎



Dead on arrival.

When Buhari was giving all the Juicy appointments to his brothers in the North Yari never confronted Buhari, but now Yari wants to confront Tinubu for the same thing Buhari did in his biased regime.

Why would Northern politicians always want to control Nigeria as if it's their father's property. This their born to rule mentality is getting out of hand, very irritating bunch of Clowns.

I don't know if they use Stupidity swear for the North.

I have said it before, and I will still repeat it again. No one from the North will ever rule Nigeria again. Take it to the bank.

Northern might

These northerners got secrets they're not willing to share to other regions how they ended up controlling the country.

In other news: I'm actively looking for a LinkedIn account to bu.y. if you've got check my signature for WhatsApp

Make a northerner the leader of every state, and Nigeria will need recolonizastion in just few years. North will continue this fight for nothingness if there are no deliberate plans to clamp the nothingness of the north, for Nigeria to achieve greatness.

please who can help run loan with Bendigo Australia bank

chisomkachy:
• Puts Speakership, Deputy Senate President as second option



https://sunnewsonline.com/north-resumes-bid-for-senate-presidency/

Nlfpmod Mynd44

Dey play
President - Muslim
Vice President -Muslim
Senate President- Muslim
Speaker - Muslim
CJN -Muslim
Army - Muslim
Police- Muslim

Hope jagaban succeed in putting Akpabio

Lol Orji Kalu I can see ur handwriting same thing u played during the Presidential Primary u wan resume am again wen u lose again now u go play the victim card....

Noise.....
Yari doesn't have the clout to get more than 40 votes on the floor of the Senate. I would love to see him defeated on the floor. Butterfly calling himself bird.

Ok

My people sha.

Anyway, pray for Mangu

Akpabio we know

Lol

Emilokan Tinubu will mermerise them. They think they are dealing with Buhari, the City Boy Extraordinaire will show them why he is called the Jagaban

Any group of idiots that tries to play the type of Bukola Saraki's game will not succeed because Emilokan Tinubu is the master strategist. Additionally, the group of idiots will end their political careers and be buried by Tinubu politically as he did to Bukola Saraki, Sheu Sani, and other rogue senators.

No one should blame the North

Since APC decided to field a Muslim Muslim ticket and got support from the North, they must continue to please the masters at all cost.

The foolish slaves should blame themselves. The Islamic agenda is progressing at a fast pace.

You either succumb or get crushed.