Give us position of speaker, North Central Reps beg APC leadership vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
… insist NW and SW are already well settledThe House of Representatives North Central caucus on Tuesday asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, to zone the speaker’s position to the North Central geopolitical zone for equity sake.Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, Rep John Dyegh, APC, Benue convener of the caucus group and lawmakers across party lines said:
Dyegh explained that”zoning the position of the speaker to the North Central will satisfy and advance the cause of equity. ” The zone is in a peculiar and delicate location and challenges within the federation, it’s of utmost importance to carry us along in the hierarchy of power distribution in the country as this will in no small measure help in stabilising the polity.
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