SOME leaders from the northern part of Nigeria are agitating that the region produces the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.
The leaders, representing the 19 northern states and drawn from the academics and political class, believe that their demand is fair and constitutional, considering that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola are both from the southern part of the country.
They cited Section 14(1), (2) and (3) of the 1999 constitution while making the demand at a one-day round-table discussion in Kaduna state.
The discussion was to review the region’s socioeconomic challenges and its contributions in Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 general elections.
The Secretary of the northern leaders’ round-table, Dr Benjamin Dikki, stated that, based on the contribution of the North to Tinubu’s electoral success, the South as a whole should not expect to lead the National Assembly, since both the President-elect and judicial head are southerners.