As Nigerians eagerly await the composition of the 10th National Assembly and the emergence of its principal officers, a former aspirant for the position of Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, has cautioned that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) risks worsening disaffection against the party by people of the South East if the region is denied the opportunity to produce principal officers in the 10th assembly.
Kalu, who hails from Abia State and represents the Bende Federal Constituency, was endorsed for the position of Deputy Speaker when the APC National Working Committee zoned principal National Assembly offices to different geopolitical regions last week.
But the zoning arrangement as well as the endorsements announced by the NWC was rejected by some of the aspirants vying for the Senate, Deputy Senate, Speaker, and Deputy Speaker offices.
