DG VON Wants 10th Senate Presidency Zoned to South-east 

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has requested that the presidency of the 10th Senate be zoned this time to the South-east for equity and fairness.

Okechukwu, who is a founder member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

“Methinks it’s strategic to zone the President of the Senate to the South-east, based on equity, fairness and natural justice.

“Nigeria is on a tripod and since South-east didn’t get the president or vice, it becomes strategic to start a process of reconciliation and recovery with the zone.

“Yes, agreed South-east didn’t vote huge for my great party; however, my leadership must think of tomorrow.

“The zone has qualified high-ranking senators that can be elected as the President of the Senate.

“Luckily, we have six senators-elect: two of whom are in the ranking cadre – Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Osita Izunaso. Let’s choose one of them.

“At least nobody will blame us that it’s because we don’t have any senator, which was the case in 2015.

“We, the foundation members of APC, need to be accommodated by our brothers and sisters in other geopolitical zones.

“On the two ranking senators on the ring, one would prefer Orji Uzor, who is the current Chief Whip; he has more gravitas for better representation and mobilization of the South-east for future political electoral battles.

“My brother Izunaso has a less-than-democratic godfather, while Orji is his own masquerade.

“On Umahi, he is not a ranking senator and is provincial. He needs four years to go national.

“Orji studied in the north, doing business in Lagos and is more Pan-Nigerian,” he pointed out.

NAN/ Amaka E. Nliam