How Ruling Party's 'Religious Debt' Is Shaping Senate Presidency, Reps Speakership Battles PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
"Apart from the North and the South, Nigerians are divided into two religions, we have Muslims and Christians. I grew up with Muslims--wonderful people. Many of them are my friends, but we cannot have a Muslim/Muslim ticket in this election," Mr Felix warned the party delegates.
Mr Tinubu's camp apparently believes that a Muslim from the South aspiring for the presidency must follow the 1993 winning ticket of Moshood Abiola and Babagana Kingibe's Muslim/Muslim. On the geopolitical zoning arrangement, the president-elect is from the South-west, while the vice-president elect is from the North-east. The remaining regions are North-west, North-central, South-east and South-south. The APC has never been the dominant party at the polls in the last two regions.
Mr Dogara, a Christian from the North-east, also emerged as the Speaker by defeating Mr Gbajabimaila, who had paired with Mohammed Monguno, another Muslim from the North-east. In 2011, the then-ruling party, PDP, endorsed Mulikat Akande as the Speaker, but Aminu Tambuwal connived with the main opposition party in the House to emerge as the speaker.
"We have the presidential election on the basis of Muslim/Muslim ticket, I am not sure we want to stretch it by having the number three position as a Muslim as well," Akin Alabi, a federal lawmaker from Oyo State recently stated during an interview on Channels TV."The choice of a Muslim/Muslim ticket might rule out the top guys from the North-west," he added.
In the event that the region fails to get the Senate presidency, another option will be Speakership, a position the South-east is yet to occupy since the return of democracy, save for when Emeka Ihedioha served in an acting capacity. Some of the ranking members of the region include the spokesperson of the House, Ben Kalu from Abia State, Miriam Onuoha from Imo State and Chinedu Ogah from Ebonyi State.The South-south region will get a boost if the religious factor is a major determinant.
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