Nigeria Can’t Have Senate President, Speaker From Same Religion; It Fuels Islamisation Claims – ‘Vice-President Elect’ Shettima

The nominations in tenth National Assembly is inflicting rancour in the celebration.

The “vp-elect”, Kashim Shettima has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeks to steer sure of a recount of affairs where the full high officers of the incoming administration would possibly well be of the identical religion.

The ruling All Progressives Congress National Working Committee had nominated Godswill Akpabio, a worn Minister of Niger Delta affairs, as the President of the Senate and Abbas Tajudeen, a rating member as the Home of Representatives Speaker.

The nominations in tenth National Assembly is inflicting rancour in the celebration, as many individuals of the celebration vying for the role comprise faulted and rejected the celebration’s location on the upcoming nationwide assembly leadership.

Alternatively, Shettima while speaking for the length of a assembly with one of the most valuable Home of Representatives individuals-elect on Friday, implored the lawmakers-elect to settle for the zoning association of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership of the tenth nationwide assembly.

“The circumstance can also validate the negative fable of the Islamisation agenda of Nigeria.

“The leadership of the forthcoming nationwide assembly should always be inclusive because the stability of the nation is some distance extra crucial than any assorted consideration.

“What we are attempting to steer sure of is a recount of affairs whereby the no 1 citizen, number two citizen, the number three citizen, the number four citizen, and the number four citizen are the full identical religion. That can lend credence, and validate the negative fable of the Islamisation agenda of Nigeria.

“Here is why my fundamental, a cozy-minded leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is extra inclined towards having the number three citizen from the South/south or the south-east. Even in the sizzling circumstance that we discover ourselves in, the stability of the nation is some distance extra crucial than any assorted consideration.

“All assorted concerns should always calm be relegated to the background because we are talking about the stability of the nation.

“We are talking about inclusivity, we are talking about togetherness because nation-constructing is a right work in development and politics is ready perception, it’s about optics. I am moderately chuffed that Benjamin Kalu will emerge as the deputy speaker. The hope for the dim man rests with the other folks of this nation,” the vice-president-elect stated.