A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has justified why a Northern Muslim as the Senate President is not good for the 10th National Assembly, which is expected to be inaugurated sometime in June. VANGUARD reports. Information Guide Nigeria
Jibrin stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
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He said, “My personal opinion if you look at the entire controversy of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, I think anybody that loves this country should not be thinking that the number three man should be a northern Muslim,”
“The appropriate thing is that the position should go to a southern Christian. I believe that anybody who wants it the other way round loves himself more than the country.” Jamb Result
Jibrin, a member-elect to represent Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency in the 10th National Assembly, said using the 1999 template, the next Senate President should be from the South-East geopolitical zone.
He said, “If you adopt the 1999 template, it means that the Senate Presidency will go to the South-East. I know a lot of people are going to shout: ‘Oh, the South-East is fighting the APC!’
“For goodness sake, once a President emerges, it is fundamentally right for him to assume the status of the President of the country.”
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