Group urges APC to zone NASS offices

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

A pressure group, Justice Advocacy Group has advised the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to distribute political offices in the 9th National Assembly to reflect regional balancing.

Coordinator of the group, Mr. Akintunde Lawal, said that Nigeria cannot afford a repeat of the feud that characterized the 8th assembly where the leadership of the National Assembly and the executive could not work together in the interest of the nation.

“Now that APC has won the elections, the critical issues should be how the party will deliver to the electorates the dividends of democracy. So what the party leaders need to do is to allocate key offices to respect geo-political sensitivity and standing among geopolitical zones,” he said.

Lawal furthrr argued that Nigerians should guide against the crisis that characterized the 8th assembly.

According to him, the legislature cannot afford any unnecessary feisty political relationship with the executive and to forestall this, the APC leadership must do what is right.

“There must be justice and fairness as enshrined in the constitution of the party and the constitution. As it is now, the North West has the President while the South West has the Vice President and the national leader of the APC leaving four zones bare.

“So it is incumbent on the party to reflect political balancing in considering the leadership of the 9th Assembly,” he said.

The coordinator emphasized that all the zones must be considered on the basis of equity as enshrined in the APC constitution.