Senate presidency: Orji Kalu, Yari present ‘letter of grievance’ to APC NWC amid zoning crisis

Senate presidency: Orji Kalu, Yari present ‘letter of grievance’ to APC NWC amid zoning crisis

 Uzor Orji Kalu, chief whip of the senate, Abdulaziz Yari,
senator-elect, and Mohammed Musa, senator representing Niger east, have
protested against the nominations of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for
leadership positions in the senate.

 

The party had nominated Godswill Akpabio, a former minister
of Niger Delta affairs, and Barau Jibrin, senator representing Kano north, as
president of the senate, and deputy.

 

Speaking at a meeting with Abdullahi Adamu, APC national
chairman, on Thursday in Abuja, Yari said they are not satisfied with the
arrangement.

 

The former governor of Zamfara said the senators want a
level playing field.

 

 “We are here to
present our letter of grievances to you and also tell this honourable house
that as leaders, we are not satisfied with the arrangement,” he said after
presenting a protest letter.

 

“What we are expecting from you people is to give us fair
play, at least if nothing, to mention that a particular position is zoned and
anybody in that zone can’t participate.”

 

On his part, Adamu said the party’s leadership would go
through their letter to address their grievances.

 

“Hold the fire until the last word is heard from us, we are
the custodians of the party as NWC, but we are not acting alone. The voice of
Tinubu the President-elect is an essential voice,” Adamu said.

 

“We must accommodate him the best we can. I will not
compromise on that. He is right now outside the country and by the grace of God
when he comes back we will go back to the drawing board and put our heads
together again and see what we will get.

 

“I cannot preempt that, I will wait until we hold that
meeting with the president-elect.”

 

The development came after some speakership hopefuls met
with Adamu to complain about the zoning arrangements.

Source: Senate presidency: Orji Kalu, Yari present ‘letter of grievance’ to APC NWC amid zoning crisis

 - NigerianEye
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