Dr. Salihu Lukman, National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has spoken out against the election of a Muslim-Muslim Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
According to sources, Senator Jubrin Barau of Kano North, Senate Chief Whip Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of Akwa Ibom North-West District, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom North-West District, and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, among others, have launched preparations to become Senate President.
While Idris Wase, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, Tajudeen Abbas, Benjamin Kalu, and others vie for the office of House Speaker.
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Lukman asked the Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) to be more proactive in driving the process of negotiating leadership of the 10th National Assembly in a statement headlined “APC and Duties of Negotiating 10th NASS Leadership” on Tuesday.
The controversial politician warned that the rise of the same religion leadership could undermine the ruling party’s political viability in future elections.
He urged political actors to follow the power-sharing model implemented in 1999, when former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in power.
Lukman said: “As a party, it would seem that APC has relapsed to 2015 mode of allowing elected National Assembly members to proceed with the business of constituting leadership of the 10th National Assembly in an unregulated manner.
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“This is very risky, not just for APC, but for the country. Given that as a party, we contested the 2023 elections with a Muslim-Muslim ticket of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima, unregulated contest for leadership of the 10th National Assembly could produce another Muslim as Senate President.
“In fact, there is also a high probability that a Muslim could also emerge as Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.
“At a time when irrationality has become overbearingly manifest in the politics of the country, it is quite frustrating for many members of the APC NWC that as leaders mandated to provide leadership in managing affairs of the party, we have become onlookers in matters that we should be directing. This must be urgently corrected.”
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