Top APC Chieftain Kicks Against Muslim Senate President for 10th National Assembly, Gives Reason
- Senators-elect who are Muslims have been urged to stay away from contesting for the position of Senate president
- The call was made by the vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North West, Salihu Lukman
- According to Lukman, any Muslim who contests for the position of Senate president is not conversant with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has said that any Muslim aspiring to be the Senate president of the 10th National Assembly does not respect the constitution and the party.
The Cable reports that Lukman affirmed that because the president-elect and the vice-president-elect are Muslims, the Senate president should be a Christian.
Source: UGC
As the vice-chairman of the ruling party in the northwest region, Lukman said any move by the party to enforce a Muslim senate president on the people would be insensitive and signal a plan to promote the dominance of Muslims in the federal government.
His words:
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“Any Muslim aspiring for the position of Senate President has no respect for both the constitutions of the federal republic of Nigeria and the APC.
“This is because Chapter II, Section 14(3) of the Nigerian constitution clearly outlined that ‘the composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that government or any of its agencies."
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The controversies surrounding the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president-elect have heightened.
Another fresh petition was filed on Sunday, April 9, to challenge Tinubu's emergence as president-elect.
Three opposition parties, namely; AA, APM and APP, filed separate suits against Tinubu and INEC.
APC stakeholders raise alarm over plot by opposition parties to take over Kano, Northwest
Meanwhile, some stakeholders in the APC have alerted the party over attempts by the opposition to undermine them.
The stakeholders specifically accused the New Nigeria People's Party of working against the emergence of a Senate President from the northwest.
They also declared their support for the ambition of Senator Jibrin Barau to be the next Senate President.
Source: Legit.ng
