2023: Give Senate Presidency To North Central – Group Tells APC

A Civil Society Organisation identified as the Campaign For Democracy (CD) says the Senate Presidency for the 10th National Assembly should go to the North Central zone.

To this end, the group in a statement by its General Secretary, Ifeanyi Odili called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the seat to the region.

Odili in a statement on Wednesday said the zone should get the senate presidency based on fairness and equity because it had been seriously marginalized in Nigeria since 1999.

He added that the zone should be compensated with the seat because it voted massively to give victory to the APC in the just concluded presidential elections.

Odili said, “The Zone has not produced the president nor vice president of the country, and it is only proper that the zone should be allowed to produce the next Senate President in the 10th National Assembly.

“Some people are arguing that the South-East should be favoured in the interest of fairness, equity and justice, forgetting that the North Central has suffered the worst fate since Nigeria’s independence in 1960.

“The North Central being the largest zone in the country in terms of landmass, has suffered the worst form of insecurity, partly because it lacked adequate representation in the nation’s highest political hierarchy.

“The zone especially Niger State, it’s people are known for partisan loyalty and since 1999 accounts for the highest voting pattern for winning presidential tickets. For instance in 2015 and 2019, Niger State accounted for the highest votes in the Presidential election in North Central Geo-political zone.

“What the All Progressives Congress (APC) should do is to zone the office of the president of the Senate to the North Central, so as to compensate the people for their massive support and vote in the recent Presidential and National Assembly elections.”