Sources at Yesterday's Meeting Said: "Zoning of the various leadership positions in the National Assembly by APC was made public, after a meeting presided over by the Presidents-elect in. The positions of Senate president; deputy Senate president; Speaker and deputy Speaker of
the House were given to Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Barau Jubrin, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, The outgoing Senate president, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who renewed his opposition to Akpabio as his successor, could not have his way as his position was turned down by the..
president-elect.Lawan was overwhelmed and had no option than to succumb. Those who opposed the zoning of Speaker of the House and deputy president of the Senate to the North West were also shut down.We now have an inexplicable situation where the two positions were zoned to one..
geopolitical zone. The exclusion of the North Central from the power sharing generated serious ripples at the meeting but everyone has to bow to the superior position of the president-elect,β A sources said.
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