Politics
Gaya To APC: Why Senate President, Deputy Must Come From North
Senator Kabiru Gaya has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC not to cede the office of Deputy Senate President to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege saying that the Northwest Zone which produced six million votes and 17 senators should not be ignored for the South-South which has only two senators.
Affirming his bid for the office, Gaya, a former governor of Kano State who will be serving his fourth term in the Senate in the in the 9th Senate said the APC must consolidate through ceding the position of DSP to the Northwest.
The position of Senate President is presently being contested by three major candidates from the Northeast, Senators Ahmad Lawan, Mohammed Ndume and Danjuma Goje.
“My reasons for saying nobody should produce the deputy senate president rather than the North West is because we produced 6 million votes and in this kind of politics, you don’t throw away where you are strong.
“You will have to consolidate the party, because this last election (APC victory) was made possible because of Buhari and Kano factors.
“What we are saying is that, because of that, quite a number of what we had, Kano alone had 1.4 million and we have 6 million registered voters.
“So, what we are saying is that if we could give speaker to the South West, I can see no reason why we can’t get Deputy Senate President in the North. If we are saying we have the President, fine, South has the Vice President and I believe it is better we consolidate on our positions now. Then, that will attract even the other two zones to also work hard for the APC because I know that President Buhari did a lot in all these states.”
On how the other geopolitical zones should fit in, he said:
“You see, there are other positions like Senate Leader which is also a very important position, we have Chief Whip which is also important because if you give all other zones positions, and you deny North West which has the highest number of votes – 6 million votes that would not be good. What it means is that you want to throw away 6 million votes.
“I am saying we need the South East, we need South South, but you cannot throw away where you have 20 Senators. Though, with the present record we now have 17, which is unfortunate, but you cannot give Deputy Senate President to where you have only two senators.”
“My chances are very high. I am sure. I am not bragging but definitely, it is over 70 to 80%.”
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