As discussions over the zoning of the leadership position of the 10th National Assembly continue, President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with APC National Working Committee (NWC) leadership on Friday.
According to information obtained by news organizations, the meeting, which was attended by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Senator Emma Eneukwu, the Deputy National Chairman for the South, and Senator Iyiola Omisore, the National Secretary of the party, took place at the Defence House in Abuja.
According to a dependable source who wished to remain anonymous, Tinubu informed party leaders during the meeting that he chose Akpabio to serve as the 10th Senate President and Senator Jibrin Barau would serve as his deputy.
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Abbas Tajudeen was given the go-ahead to lead the 10th House after a compromise was struck on the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The source said: “It is true Asiwaju met with Adamu, Omisore, Kyari and Eneukwu today (Friday). They have agreed that Akpabio will be the next Senate President while Jibrin will be his deputy. TJ (Abbas Tajudeen) will be the next Speaker.)”
The source further stated that the job of Secretary to the Government of the Federation would be awarded to the North Central as compensation.
Remember that on Wednesday, at the conclusion of the NWC meeting, Adamu made a suggestion that the ruling party and the president-elect would reach an understanding regarding the zoning of the leadership roles in the upcoming Assembly.
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“That is not what today’s meeting is all about. When we do the zoning meeting, we don’t just go alone as a party. Zoning is to take along the person who has the mandate of this country, the president-elect, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, we want to take him along. He travelled after the election and he came back only last week and we have to carry him along.
“And we cannot stop those who are ambitious or zoning interests, or individual interests, we cannot deny them. And as long as that is there, we have to find a way, persuasively, to reach some level of consensus. That’s what we are working on. It is not a one-day affair,” Adamu had said.
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