The senator’s media aide, Kamen Chuks, who represents the Anambra South Senatorial District, has come forth to call the All Progressive Congress’ (APC) zoning plan a hasty action.
Ifeanyi Ubah’s assistant Chuks claims that the Senate South-East caucus thought it was premature to choose a consensus.
With no malice intended, he stated that the President-elect should have held extensive consultations with them before designating a person as the consensus choice.
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Chuks, in an interview with Newsmen said “The South East caucus feels the release of a consensus candidate is premature and proper and wide consultation, particularly to the South East should have been made
“The South East senators have no issue with the president-elect, we only want him to start afresh because the South Westerners are aggrieved with the policies of the current Buhari administration has made the Igbos feel marginalised.
“The voter apathy from the South East isn’t because the Igbo hate Asiwaju, they are only protesting against the marginalisation of the current administration.
“In the current administration, the President is from North-West; Vice President, South-West; Senate President, North-East; Deputy Senate President, South-South and others.
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“The South East got nothing and the President-elect should not just give it the Deputy Speaker position.
“The position is not enough to assuage the grievances of the Igbo from past cases of marginalisation.”
Chuks said, however, that because the South-South produced both the current Deputy Senate President and a past President of the nation, the region cannot be said to be marginalized.
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