Ndume Reveals Position If 10th NASS Leadership Should Zoned Or Open

Ndume Reveals Position If 10th NASS Leadership Should Zoned Or Open

Ali Ndume, a lawmaker from Borno South Senatorial District, believes the leadership of Nigeria’s yet-to-be inaugurated 10th National Assembly should be open and not restricted to specific geopolitical regions.

Ndume, who appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, also stated that he is waiting for his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to make a decision on the leadership of the newly elected Senate and House of Representatives.

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The APC won majority of the legislative seats during the elections with over 55 Senate seats out of 109 and over 160 out of 360 House of Representatives seats. Many APC chieftains and legislative member-elect have expressed interest in the highly coveted positions in the red and green chambers. They include Orji Kalu, Jibrin Barau, Godswill Akpabio, Dave Umahi, Ahmad Lawan, Abdulaziz Yari, Osita Izunaso, amongst others.

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However, Ndume stated that the time is not yet right for him to be Senate President, despite the fact that the constitution does not preclude him from running.

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He stated that the fact that his party produced President-Elect Bola Tinubu from the South-West zone and Vice-President-Elect Kashim Shettima from the North-East zone does not preclude lawmakers from the two zones from aspiring to lead the incoming 10th National Assembly.

The lawmaker, who is also from the North-East zone like Shettima, said, “Of course, if I say I want to contest and the party say, ‘No, it’s not fair for the Senate President to come from the North or the North-East, do we then now say that we want to contest against the wish of the party which we did at one time and the aftermath was a bit clumsy and we don’t want to have a repetition of that?” he asked.

“For me, the leadership of the National Assembly should be open in the first instance.

“The Senate President is not supposed to be a regional President; it’s a Senate President of the Nigerian Senate.

“We have 109 senators. The leadership emergence is not clearly stated. Section 50 of the constitution states that the Senate President shall be elected among the members.”

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