Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), has rejected reports that he has zoned the leadership position in the National Assembly.
Felix Morka, the party’s spokesman, in a statement on Friday, said it had not yet taken a decision on the party’s leadership.
The ruling party is expected to have a majority in both chambers of the National Assembly based on the number of seats announced so far.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 98 out of 109 senate seats have been announced while 325 out of 360 seats have been announced for the House of Representatives.
APC won majority in the Senate with 57 seats while PDP has 29 seats. LP has six seats, NNPP and SDP have two seats, APGA and YPP have one.
In the House of Representatives, APC has so far won 162 seats out of 325 declared seats while PDP won 102.
Furthermore, LP and NNPP have 34 and 18 seats, APGA four seats, ADC and SDP two, YPP got one seat.
The President of the Senate, the Speaker, the vice-president of the Senate and the vice-chairman are decided by an election among the members. When the majority party is expected to elect the majority leader, deputy majority leader, whip and deputy whip for both chambers.
Nigeria is divided into six geopolitical zones; North-west, North-east, South-west, North-central, South-south and South-east.
The elected President, Bola Tinubu is from the South-West, while his Deputy, Kashim Shettima, is from the North-East. In addition, both are Muslims.
The party recently met on the issue at the Presidential Villa but there is no decision taken in.
The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated in June.
We will make an announcement in due course – Morka
Mr. Morka said the general public should ignore the report on zoning, adding that the party would be open to decisions on zoning.
“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to reports circulating on social media about the zoning of key positions in the forthcoming 10th National Assembly.
“The report is false and misleading, and should be taken seriously.
“The party has not made a decision on the zoning of the 10th Assembly position or office.
“As soon as a decision is made on zoning, it will be made public through the Party’s official communication channels,” he said.
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