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APC fears Saraki-like crisis ahead of Senate presidency race (The Punch)

TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes that after the general elections, the All Progressive Congress must manage how the National Assembly leadership will emerge without ...

He said, โ€œHe is returning to the Senate in 2023 as a ranking Senator. We urge the party to have a very free-minded distribution of offices.โ€ He has shown interest in the race because he knows he has all it takes. He has been the chairman of the Appropriation committee since he was in the House of Representatives and he is currently still the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. โ€œTalking about zoning, I think people should be free to contest. At the first meeting held with lawmakers-elect on March 13, the party directed its members to leave the issue of National Assembly leadership and focus on winning the governorship and House of Assembly elections. โ€œIt may be good to start early but it is wiser to be patient. According to a source in the Senate North-Central caucus, the zone was willing to sacrifice the seat of the National Chairman of the party to clinch the seat of the Senate President. Those offices are not tribal or sectional rights and must not be so portrayed. The North-West also claimed not to have any position in the current leadership of the party nor have they produced a Senate president before, so they also should complain of marginalisation. Some of you may recall what happened to the party and the National Assembly in 2015 when some members of the national legislature chose not to wait for the decision of the president and the party in sharing those offices. The National Chairman of the party, Adamu Abdullahi, told lawmakers-elect to work for the victory of the party in the governorship elections.

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