Emmanuel Addeh and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja A former Governor of Zamfara State and Senator-elect representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, yesterday, rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) zoning arrangement for the incoming 10th
A former Governor of Zamfara State and Senator-elect representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, yesterday, rejected the All Progressives Congress zoning arrangement for the incoming 10th senate, insisting that the party’s choice of candidates was not binding on the upper chamber.
Yari contended that key positions in the incoming administration were already from the south, insisting that it was unfair for the APC to expect the North to be satisfied with just the vice presidency of the country. Yari argued the APC’s zoning arrangement was not a product of wide consultation, positing that the implication was that all three arms of government would be controlled by the south of Nigeria.
“Because all of them are just advisory bodies, the constitution gives the right to choose national assembly leaders to only the parliamentarians. The party can zone, but it is left for the individual to accept or reject. APC has zoned and now we are asking them questions: On what basis? Have you taken into cognisance of the federal character?,” he asked.
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