The North-Central governors have rejected the zoning template released by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly.
The controversial template had micro-zoned the position of Senate President to Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Jibrin Barau as Deputy Senate President, while Honourable Tajudeen Abbas was anointed as the aspirant for the seat of the Speaker and Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker.
The governors, who met in Abuja on Monday, expressed reservations about the allocation of the positions of the Deputy Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a particular geopolitical zone of the country.
They have scheduled a meeting with President-elect Bola Tinubu and the chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, to appeal for reconsideration of the zoning of the presiding offices of the National Assembly.
The governors also resolved to reach out to all major stakeholders for an amicable and acceptable zoning framework that will be all-inclusive.
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