Stakeholders, who are members of a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, tagged: “Conference of Nigeria Civil Rights Activists (CNCRA)”, have described as a welcome development, media reports that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), are currently reviewing the 10th National Assembly zoning arrangements earlier released.
Convener of CNCRA, Pastor Ifeanyi Odili, in a statement made available to reporters in Abuja, said the latest decision by the party and the President-elect show that Tinubu is a true democrat who believes in equity, fairness and justice.
The APC had a penultimate week and announced its zoning arrangements, where the North-West geopolitical zone was allocated two presiding positions, while both the South-South and the South-East got one each.
The North Central geo-political zone was left out of the arrangements and the development sparked off a series of protests from stakeholders and politicians.
The CNCRA said the fact that Tinubu and the elders of the APC are considering the review of the zoning arrangements in such a way to accommodate the North Central will calm frayed nerves and instil confidence in the leaders of the zone who had over the years, exhibited loyalty and commitment to the APC and the President-elect.
A recent report revealed that the leadership of the APC and Tinubu might have finally agreed to review the zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly presiding officers. The pro-democracy group explained that North-Central deserves a Presiding Officer in the interest of fairness, equity and justice.
The CNCRA further explained that the North Central zone had been seriously marginalised in Nigeria since 1999.
