Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization in the
South-East has rejected the zoning formula earlier announced by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.
Recall that the National Working Committee of the ruling party
had agreed to have the former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill
Akpabio for the position of Senate President, while Hon. Tajudeen Abass from
Kaduna State was anointed as the next Speaker of the House of representatives.
The party also anointed Hon. Ben Kalu of Abia State for the
position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
With the zoning formula, the party has jettisoned the
ambition of some Southeastern Senators-elect to become the next president of
the senate.
But Ohanaeze, in a statement issued on Friday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, described the zoning of
Deputy Speaker to the region as unreflective, disgusting and provocative.
The group urged all lawmakers from the region to vote
according to their discretion irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity
during the election.
The statement reads, “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has
watched with grave concern the zoning of principal officers of the Senate and
the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We have also observed that the All Progressives Congress
(APC) zoned the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East of Nigeria.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo states that 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 discretion
irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity.”
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