Some youths in Plateau, Niger, and Nasarawa states have
demanded that the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
be zoned to the north-central region of the country.
The youths made the demand in separate protests held on Monday in their respective states.
In
Plateau, the demonstrators under the auspices of North-Central
Concerned Youths held a peaceful protest in Jos, calling for the zoning
of the speakership to the region for equity and justice.
They gathered at the office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos, carrying placards with various inscriptions.
The
protesters stressed the role of the north-central region in the
re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and the performance of the
party in the 2019 general elections.
They, therefore, called on
the leadership of the APC to intervene and ensure that the region was
not marginalised, regarding the leadership of the National Assembly.
A
similar protest held in Minna, the Niger State capital where the youths
accused the leadership of the party of a plot to marginalise the
north-central.
The youths who carried placards with different
inscriptions urged the President to intervene in the matter and ensure
that the principle of Federal Character was observed.
They added
that any attempt to deny the region from producing the Speaker for the
ninth Assembly would not do good to the unity of the country.
Some
youths in Nasarawa State also took to the streets of Lafia to demand
that the north-central region be given the opportunity to lead the House
of Representatives.
See photos below:
Pleateau State
Niger State
Nasarawa State
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