2023: Youth Group Insists on Zoning of Senate Presidency Seat to Southeast, Sends Urgent Message to Tinubu

• The youths have taken time out to reveal their position regarding the Senate Presidency zoning by the APC
• In a fresh call made to the leadership of the ruling party, the Youths For Credible Democrats of Nigeria requested that the APC zone the senate presidency to the southeastern part of the country
• They urged the former governor of Lagos state to avoid the mistakes of Buhari as he takes over Power on May 29, 2023, noting the southeast has been alienated in the past four years

Group, Youths For Credible Democrats of Nigeria (YCDON) has urged that the senate presidency should be zoned to the Southeast part of the country if the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is eventually sworn in as president on Monday, May 29.

National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Okeke Chinemelu-Godwin, made the call in a statement titled: "Don't Marginalize Southeast Like Buhari," issued on Monday, April 24, in Awka, Anambra state.

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Legit.ng's regional reporter in Anambra, Mokwugwo Solomon, also quoted Comrade Okeke as arguing that ceding senate presidency to the southeast would promote unity and all-inclusiveness.

Okeke, who contended that the Southeast region was alienated in the last four years; leading to a myriad of agitations, told Tinubu to avoid a repeat of such.

He said,

"In last four years, people from the Southeast were missing in the executive, as well as the leadership of the judiciary and legislature in Nigeria. No administration has ever been so lopsided.

"For the sake of equity, justice, fair play and in the spirit of a united Nigeria, the region - the Southeast, which has felt marginalized in the present APC government, should be pacified with the Senate presidency; and possibly with the speakership of the House of Representatives.

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"No appointments at this period of the country's history will be too big for a group that have sacrificed all for the unity of the country. The region should also be considered for the leadership of the Nigerian Police, Custom, Army, Immigration, and others."

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In another report, the camp of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indicates he may return to the country on Monday (today), April 24th, to take charge of proceedings and give direction.

This is even as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares to meet with the former governor of Lagos to take a position regarding the next Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker, respectively.

The secretary of the APC presidential campaign council and a member of the House of Representatives, James Faleke, in a tweet on Sunday, April 23rd, confirmed the development.

Source: Legit.ng