Senate President: Northern youths back south south
Tony Akowe, Abuja

by Tony Akowe, Abuja

March 7, 2019


A group of northern youths under the auspices of the Pan African United Youth Development Network wants the leadership of the All Progressives Congress and the Presidency to allow the south south geopolitical zone produce the Senate President in the 9th Senate in the interest of equity and national interest.

The group said the position of the Senate Presidency be zoned to the South-south geo-political zone considering their contribution to the development of the country.

President of the group, Habib Mohammed said in a statement made available to The Nation that it will be politically lucrative to compensate the south south with the office of the Senate President and balance the political equation in the country.

The group ask “the Presidency and the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to consider zoning the office of the Senate Presidency to south south, considering the contribution of the region to the national economy of the country.

“It will be politically lucrative to compensate the region with the Senate Presidency and also to balance the political equation of each region so that no region feel marginalized. Doing this will further enhance the intertribal and ethnic relationship.

“We also ask all elected Senators to put aside sentiments and selfish interest and work for the national interest first by giving the south south the opportunity to produce the next Senate President in the interest of equity, fairness and justice.

“We believe that the South South zone deserve to be given the opportunity considering the fact that they remain the only zone in the country that has not produced any principal officer of this government since 2015 when the Buhari government came into office.

“Currently, the North West and South West have the President and Vice President, a situation that will remain so for another four years; the North Central is currently occupying the position of Senate President, South East, occupies the position of Deputy Senate President, while the North East has both the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate Leader, with the South south the only zone left out.

“Zoning the position of Senate President to another zone outside the south south will amount to robbing them of a well-deserved position especially when you consider the fact that they currently have ranking Senators from the zone.

“It is our belief that the North East should be given the position of Deputy Senate President in the 9th Senate. In view of this, we urge President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to put the interest of the nation at heart, consider the principles on which they stand and on which the party was built and allow the south south produce the next Senate President.

“We recall that when the zone occupied the position during the second republic, the legislature had a near perfect and cordial working relationship with the executive led then by late former President Aliyu Shehu Shagari. We have not had such a relationship since then.“

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People putting on their thinking cap. This will be a masterstroke...

SOUTHERN YOUTHS BACK NORTH NORTH
STUPID WRITE UP

ALMUSTAQIM:
SOUTHERN YOUTHS BACK NORTH NORTH

STUPID WRITE UP

This is a suggestion from a group nau.

I think it is a good one.

deji17:
People putting on their thinking cap. This will be a masterstroke...

Don't you think this group's influence on the polity is marginal? Come on man their opinion won't count for anything when it comes down to the actual selection. The best the SS can get in this dispensation is either deputy SP or majority leader

fixedfolly:
Don't you think this group's influence on the polity is marginal? Come on man their opinion won't count for anything when it comes down to the actual selection. The best the SS can get in this dispensation is either deputy SP or majority leader

Let us wait and see. But I think its a good idea. I will not be surprised if it happens though..

It is going to the South South, Omo Agege is the man.
Not some bitter souls that will hold Nigeria to ransom because of their hatred for PMB