Despite the All Progressives Congress (APC) voting to zone the position to the South-South, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has asked the ruling party to zone Senate Presidency to South East.
Ubah argued that the South-East should be allowed to produce the next leader of the upper lawmaking body.
The lawmaker representing Anambra South believed that the move would help in uniting the country, especially after the party didn’t zone the presidency or vice president to the South East.
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He spoke during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, May 8.
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He said:
“For me and our people from the South-East, we are still very strong in contesting for the office of the Senate President of Nigeria for the 10th Senate. That is our position for now.
“So, in the course of consultation, we would continue to update Nigerians about our position. But for now, I am still in this studio, the position of the South-East caucus [of the Senate] is that we are going to contest for the Senate President of Nigeria.”
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According to him, South-East senators have agreed that the position should come to the region.
To the Senator, Orji Kalu, and Osita Izunaso were capable of saying; “That’s our position for now.”
He maintained that for the sake of fairness, there should be a “balance of the equation” in the distribution of key positions in Nigeria.
