There are hints that the South-East might not have a candidate among the federal parliament’s presiding officers.
The South-East has qualified members-elect vying for various positions, according to top APC sources who talked with Punch, but the ruling party is taking into account the votes it received from the zones in the general elections.
Those who met with Tinubu last week at his quarters in Defence House were among the people who spoke with the platform.
Candidates have so far emerged from the six geopolitical zones to fill various leadership roles.
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The party hierarchy is still conferring on the zoning proposal, according to a meeting participant who requested anonymity.
While the South-East might not produce a presiding officer in the upcoming Assembly, he pointed out that members of the region would become majority or minority leaders in either chamber.
Another source at the meeting, who also sought to be anonymous, stated, “The positions in the National Assembly are six each in the Senate and the House. In the House, you have the speaker, deputy speaker, majority leader and minority leader, deputy majority and deputy minority. Those positions are political and there is no way each zone will not go home with something.”
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