The apex Igbo Sociocultural organisation; Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has rejected the zoning arrangement for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In the APC zoning plan, the northwest geopolitical zone was allocated a leadership position each in the Senate and House of Representatives. The party endorsed Tajudeen Abass from the Northwest as the House of Representatives speaker, and Benjamin Kalu from the Southeast as his deputy.
For the senate, the party endorsed Godswill Akpabio from the Southsouth geopolitical zone as senate president, and Barau Jibrin from the Northwest as deputy senate president.
Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, PhD. National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide in a press statement made available to JOURNALIST101 said: “allocating the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East is highly unreflective, disgusting and provocative to the Igbo.”
“To this end, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Chief Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba) directs all the Igbo Lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly to vote according to their discretions irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity.”
