Today’s meeting of APC governors is intended to address the controversial matter of leadership distribution in the National Assembly.
Some governors are actively lobbying to keep the party’s original zoning plan in place, which is why this is happening.
According to Newsmen, Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State and the head of the Southern Governors Forum, denounced the zoning plan of the APC National Working Committee as unfair and unworkable.
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Godswill Akpabio (South South) was designated as Senate President, Jibrin Barau (North West) as Deputy Senate President, Tajudeen Abbas (North West) as Speaker, and Benjamin Kalu (South East) as Deputy Speaker in the APC’s first distribution plan.
Several APC stakeholders are pushing for the survival of the zoning scheme, despite Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman, who said last week that it might be reviewed.
Candidates for the job of Speaker of the House of Representatives have apparently received fresh propositions in the interim, enticing them to accept the deputy speaker position after they previously turned down ministerial offers.
In an effort to persuade these unhappy candidates to support Abbas, who has the support of the current Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the party had offered them cabinet jobs.
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Deputy Speaker Hon. Ahmed Wase, Hon. Aliyu Betara, Hon. Sada Soli, Hon. Miriam Onuhoa, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, and Hon. Sani Jaji are among the G-6, or disappointed candidates.
We are extremely certain that the APC governors will provide sound counsel and appropriate remedies to the ongoing problem when they meet tomorrow (today), according to a source close to the G-6 who talked with Leadership.
Additionally, the source claimed that opposition MPs, particularly those from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are assessing their possibilities of announcing a “surprise nomination.”
However, the PDP’s plan will rely on how the APC addresses the zoning issues and whether it can win over all interested parties.
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