“You don’t just enforce these things (leadership positions) on independent people.'
for their involvement in the zoning of the leadership positions in the National Assembly.
The senator also said Mr Tinubu and his party did not adequately consult with other senators-elect in making the decision to zone the leadership positions of the assembly. He said the region should be represented in the leadership of the country considering that the president-elect comes from the South-west and his vice-president-elect from the North-east.“We need the senate presidency position in order to balance the equation,” he said.
He listed Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, and a former APC National Organising Secretary, Osita Izunaso, among senators-elect from the region capable of leading the Red Chamber.
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