The women professionals of the All Progressives Congress from the South-South geo-political zone have thrown their weight behind the nomination of the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for the position of the 10th President of the Senate.
“Knowing his antecedents, we are sure that he will champion the 35 per cent affirmative order, wherein women will occupy a percentage of government positions. Women have proven very capable of being excellent managers and administrators, and therefore, we support Senator Akpabio because it is our desire to see our members occupy sensitive positions of leadership.
The group further made a case for the South-South, saying the geo-political zone has not produced a Senate President from 1999 till date and it would only be fair and just to have one of their sons as the leader. The statement further read, “We are of the view that from 1999 till date, the South-South geo-political zone has not produced a Senate President and it is fair and just that every zone line up behind the South-South zone to produce the Senate President at this critical time. In the last count, the South East geo-political zone has produced five senate presidents from 1999 till date and equally produced Deputy Senate President for eight years.
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