• Backs Kwara lawmaker Olawuyi for Speaker

Asupport group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the auspices of the APC Patriotic People’s Forum yesterday asked the party to concede the position of the next Speaker of the House of Representatives to the NorthCentral.

The group said the office should be micro- zoned to Kwara State which it rated as the bridge between the north and the south.

Only Hon. Abdulraheem Tunji Olawuyi has so far indicated interest in the office from Kwara State.

The Acting Director- General of the group, Prof. Husseini Garbo-Dokko pleaded for concession for North-Centrai and Kwara State at a news conference in Abuja.

He said the group has subscribed to Olawuyi’s Legislative Agenda tagged agenda P.E.A.S.E (Power, Education, Agriculture, Security, Employment).

He said the party must demonstrate to Nigerians a process whose outcome will give a sense of belonging to all.

He said: “We wish to use this medium to solicit for the leadership of the ruling party to support the zoning of speakership position to North-Central going by the roles the zone played in the just concluded general elections.

“As formidable forum, Patriotic Peoples Forum (PPF) we are lending our voice in support of a young, promising, vibrant and true democrats in person of Rt. Hon Abdulraheem Tunji Olawuyi.

“ Even though APC leadership is yet to zone the position of Senate President snd Speaker to the South East and North Central respectively, there is need to uphold same dispositions in the interest of national unity and cohesion.

“Above all, the 10th Assembly needs someone whose humility and interpersonal relationship with fellow colleagues is equal to none. This is because humility leads to unity, and unity leads to peace.

“The task really needs a parliamentarian that will deliver as at when due and should be willing and determined to get work accomplished.

“ We therefore please beg that the 10th House of Representative members should join our *PEASE* agenda code, to complement the RENEWED

HOPE of Mr President-elect.

He said among the current Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Abdulraheem Olawuyi should be given the mandate to lead the House.

He described Olawuyi as a man who has demonstrated that “leadership is an action but not a position occupied.”

He said since the Tinubu Presidency has inspired positive hope among Nigerians, there was the need to be introspective about the leadership of the National Assembly.