The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is yet to decide on where to zone the principal offices of the Senate President and Speaker of lower chamber of the National Assembly.
He spoke amidst speculation that the ruling party has already zoned the NASS Leadership to specific political zones in the country.
Not a few had expected the leadership of the party to take a definite position on the matter at a meeting held by the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with elected members of the NASS at the state House Banquet Hall, Abuja on Monday.
In fact, the magazine learnt that the meeting was conveyed by Tinubu with the aim of briefing the lawmakers on where the party is going on the matter.
The party leadership failed to agree with the Senators and House of Representatives members on which of the zones should produce the two principal offices, sources said after the meeting presided over by Kashim Shetima, the Vice President -elect who represented Tinubu.
Speaking after the meeting Gbajabiamila said the party agreed to leave the issue for now until the conclusion of the govrnorship and House of Assembly Elections slated for this weekend.
Gbajabiamila said, “On the issue of zoning, we did not talk about it because we’re not there yet. We have an election coming up this weekend. And we need to ensure everybody goes back home, roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
We’re not there yet; we need to complete the victory before we start talking about the leadership of the National Assembly. The reason we didn’t discuss zoning is because we all agreed to tarry for a while until we finish the elections.”
Meanwhile, Tinubu on Monday, said the NASS will be allowed to chose their leaders as he’s not interested in who becomes the Senate President and Speaker of House of Reps.
