10th NASS: Crisis looms as Idris Wase, Ado Doguwa reject APC NWC’s zoning arrangement, vow to pursue own Speaker ambitions

A fresh crisis looms large in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as some of its aspirants for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly have rejected the Party’s consensus candidates for positions of the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

At a press conference, on Monday night, the current Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, and current Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Alhasan Ado Doguwa, rejected the consensus arrangement announced by the Party earlier, on Monday.

Recall that National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Felix Morka, had announced that the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had endorsed Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna) for Speaker and Ben Kalu (Abia) for Deputy Speaker (South East) positions.

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The arrangement also saw the zoning of the Senate President position to South South (Sen. Godswill Akpabio – Akwa Ibom State) and the Deputy Senate President position to the North West (Sen. Barau Jubrin – Kano State).

But speaking at the ongoing press conference, Hon. Wase and Hon. Doguwa said they would not allow the 10th National Assembly to be ‘hijacked’.

They also vowed to proceed with their separate bids for Speakership.