A group of youths from the Northern part of the country, the North West Coalition for Youth Awareness, NWCYA, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to zone the Senate President to the Northwest.
The youths made the call amidst division in the ruling party on where the next Senate President should come from.
Some leaders of the party, the magazine learned are making are making serious efforts to ensure that either the south south or south east to produce the President of the 10th senate, to balance power in the country.
But some turncoats in the party have kicked against this insisting that the National Assembly should be allowed to pick their leaders, irrespective of which zone of the country they represent.
But, the NWCYA in a statement on Sunday pleaded with the party to ensure that the zone is not shortchanged in its leadership sharing arrangement.
The statement signed by its Chairman, Zakariya Shuaibu, and Secretary Onoja Adama, berated Senators Ali Ndume, Barau Jibrin, and others who insist that the contest should be left open for senators interested in the position to contest.
insisted that in the allocation of top positions across the six geopolitical zones, the Northwest should not be shortchanged.
The statement said, “We consider the position of these aspirants as an aberration because of the need to ensure that all parts of the country are carried along in the current move by the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to reconcile all the aggrieved persons of the country after the presidential election.
“These people should emulate Senator Sani Musa, who has already expressed his willingness to sacrifice his ambition in the interest of unity and peaceful coexistence of Nigeria. Musa had also said the only condition that could make him consider the Deputy Senate President positon is if a competent Christian aspirant running for the office of Senate President convinces him to step down, with genuine reasons.
“The Senator sees Nigeria as a secular nation, and has stressed the need to ensure balance between the two main religions in the country. Musa has told the whole world that the tension which heralded the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC presidential candidate his running mate, should be avoided in the race for the Senate Presidency.
“He has also said there was no commitment or sacrifice too much to make to keep the unity Nigeria deserved.”
Meanwhile, the magazine was informed by sources in the party that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu may cut short his medical trip in France by returning to the country in few days with the aim of settling the crisis brewing over who become Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Tinubu left the country few days after he had been declared winner of the February 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
