As permutation on composition of leadership of the Ninth Assembly continues, a youth group of All Progressives Congress (APC) from the six states of North-central, Tuesday, took a protest to the national secretariat of the party, demanding for the speakership seat.
The group said the North-central during the general elections was able to generate about 2.4 million votes for the president.
The group, under the aegis of North-Central APC Ambassadors, in a letter dated April 1st, which was addressed to the National Chairman of the party, insisted that the zone must be rewarded with the seat because of the number of votes it delivered to President Muhammadu Buhari during last Presidential poll.
The letter, which a copy was made available to newsmen was signed by five state coordinators and FCT coordinator.
They include: Muyideen Yusuf (Kwara), Rita Longjap (Plateau), Muhammad Ibn Muhammad (Niger), Lucas Cassius (Nasarawa) Yahaya Dauda (FCT) and Shehu Araga (Kogi).
The National Working Committee (NWC) and national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had declared support for a Lagos lawmaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Also, the North-central group, according to the letter said since North-west has the President, South-west with Vice President and Senate President has been zoned to North-east, Speakership must be zoned to North-central.
The letter partly read, “North-central should be rewarded for its performance in the 2019 election. With 2.4million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari, North-central came third behind NW and NE.
“Even though South West has the VP, it didn’t perform as well as North-central in last elections. So, who should be rewarded?
“North-central has consistently been loyal to the party. Since 1999, NC has never occupied the position of speaker or deputy speaker while all the other zones have occupied these positions.”
