REVEALED: How APC Zoned Senate President, Other Positions for 2023
REVEALED: How APC Zoned Senate President, Other Positions for 2023.
Facts have emerged how the All Progressives Congress (APC) zoned top political positions should it win the 2023 presidential election.
Newspeakonline gathered from an impeccable source close to the zoning committee how the positions will be shared among the six zones of the country after the 2023 elections.
According to the source, because South West has won the presidential ticket, and the North East the vice presidential slot, North West will produce the Senate President.
Below is the list of position sharing among the six zones.
. President – South West
• Vice President – North East
• Senate President- North West
• Speaker – South East
• Deputy Senate President – South South
• Deputy speaker – North East
• SGF – North Central
• APC Chairman – North Central
• Chief of Staff – Subject to Mr. President’s decision.
The party is currently managing a backlash over its choice of a Muslim as vice presidential candidate from the North.
Its presidential flag-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had highlighted the qualities of competence, commitment and national orientation as some of the factors that guided his choice of vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, stressing that his decision was not based on political reasons but for the overall good of the country.
He said: “ I realise the momentous times we have entered. I know what lies in the balance. I also know that our political choices and activities send both intended and unintended signals to portions of the Nigerian electorate.
“All my life, my decisions regarding the team around and supporting me have always been guided by the principles of competence, innovation, compassion, integrity, fairness, and adherence to excellence.
“When I was governor of Lagos State, these principles helped me assemble one of the most capable governing cabinets any state or this nation has ever seen. I trust enough in these principles to allow them to, once more, guide me to construct another exemplary team that can do Nigeria proud.
“Second, this chapter in our country’s history demands a bold yet pragmatic approach, a path already chartered by the progressive ethos of the APC. The foundation for sustainable progress has been laid these past seven years by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The challenges of today are consequential because the lives and livelihoods of millions of Nigerians lie in the balance. Visionary and creative leadership will take us to our goal.
“Our focus, therefore, must be on getting the job done; and that means getting the very best and competent people to do it. In this crucial moment, where so much is at stake, we must prioritize leadership, competence, and the ability to work as a team over other considerations.
“I am mindful of the energetic discourse concerning the possible religion of my running mate. Just and noble people have talked to me about this. Some have counselled that I should select a Christian to please the Christian community. Others have said I should pick a Muslim to appeal to the Muslim community. Clearly, I cannot do both.
“Both sides of the debate have impressive reason and passionate arguments supporting their position. Both arguments are right in their own way. But neither is right in the way that Nigeria needs at the moment. As president, I hope to govern this nation toward uncommon progress. This will require innovation. It will require steps never before taken. It will also require decisions that are politically difficult and rare.
“If I am to be that type of President, I must begin by being that type of candidate. Let me make the bold and innovative decision not to win political points but to move the nation and our party’s campaign closer to the greatness that we were meant to achieve.
“Here is where politics ends, and true leadership must begin.
“Today, I announce my selection with pride because I have made it not based on religion or to please one community or the other. I made this choice because I believe this is the man who can help me bring the best governance to all Nigerians, period, regardless of their religious affiliation or considerations of ethnicity or region.
“May I say this to all of you, especially, to those who will be disappointed in my selection based on religious considerations. I will not and cannot ignore the religious concerns and ethnic sensitivities of our people. Taking them into due consideration is an important part of good and able governance. But religion, ethnicity and region cannot always and fully determine our path. To forge ahead as a nation toward development and prosperity, we must break free of old binds. We must recalibrate our political calculations to where competence and fairness matter more than reductive demographics…”
