10th NASS: APC discriminating against North Central – Gagdi

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10th NASS: APC discriminating against North Central – Gagdi

Front line aspirant for the Speaker of the 10th Assembly has said that it will not be fair to discriminate against the north central geo-political in the presiding offices of the national assembly.

Gadgi, the outgoing Chairman of the House Committee on Navy who also represents Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State in a statement made available to Journalists in Abuja Friday night said it will not be fair to exclude the zone despite the huge number of votes it gave to the APC in the last general elections.

He said: “The North-Central region is critical to the electoral coalition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and we will not be ignored. What is happening now is the beginning of a negative trail of extracting votes for the region but neglecting us when it comes to issues of political equity. If we accept it, this will not be the end but the beginning.

“I am aware that some people have said that the North-Central should accept this it and wait to be compensated but executive appointments. I completely reject this defeatist recommendation. There are six constitutional political offices in the Federal Government; the President and Vice President, Senate President and Deputy, the Speaker and Deputy. There is no good argument in favour of denying the North Central one of these positions. And there is no good argument for giving two of these to any one zone. What is happening now is an attempt to victimize one section of the country to favour the private ambition of a few people. There is no justice there, no equity and we must reject it without apology.

“The Party, or some people within the party have caused this mistake to be made but it is not yet a fatal mistake. We can recover from it. All it takes is for men and women of goodwill and good conscience to set aside ego, accept that an error was made and correct the mistake. The ability to retreat from error and correct course is a sign of leadership and sportsmanship. This is what the party and the country need now; leadership and statesmanship”, the statement said.