Ben Kalu, the consensus choice of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 10th National Assembly, has spoken in favor of the South-East area of the nation.
In order to avoid a terrible election outcome in 2027, the region should be considered in the APC’s overall plan of operations, he claimed.
When he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program, Kalu, the congressman representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, made this comment, according to newsmen.
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Remember that the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) announced zoning for the 10th National Assembly’s leadership, choosing Godswill Akpabio of the South-South to serve as Senate President and Barau Jibrin of the North-West to serve as his deputy?
While the party chose Kalu from the South-East to be Tajudeen Abbas’ deputy in the House of Representatives and Tajudeen Abbas from the North-West to serve as speaker.
Since last week, a development has sparked debate among other candidates for the seats and from other sources.
However, justifying zoning the position of the deputy Speaker to the south-east, Kalu said “When you talk about nation building you forget about sentiments, you forget about emotions and look at the strongest argument and the strongest argument here is how do we make a diversity sensitive leadership, nation-building effort that will incorporate all the beautiful efforts of all the diverse part of the country coming together to work for what we peach? It’s by unity, peace and progress.
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“You may recall that in the last four years, the South-East was not holding any of the presiding officers’ position and it has impacted on this election, among other things. I can assure you, if you neglect South-East again, a whole zone in such sensitive position, then you battle again in 2027, that is a big risk for any great planner to take.
“If you start now to plan and adopt this spirit of inclusion, South-East is going to yield a better harvest than what was yielded before.”
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