A former Governor of Zamfara State and senator-elect, Abdul’Aziz Yari, on Sunday evening, in Abuja, urged the governing All Progressives Congress to “reward performance” and not consider ethnicity or religion when zoning key offices in the 10th National Assembly.
“I’m advising the party, that they should reward performance, not religion, because religion is not in the Constitution of Nigeria, and it is not in our manifesto and our constitution,” Yari said shortly after an audience with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at his officially residence at the State House, Abuja.
Yari, who is one of the new senators-elect vying for the Senate Presidency, argued that the North, being the highest contributor of votes to ensure the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 presidential elections, should be offered the opportunity to produce the next Senate helmsman.
“Everyone knows the role that we played, despite…
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