Why It’s Impossible To Have A Muslim Senate President

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin in his personal opinion said for the love of Nigeria, the next senate president should not be a northern Muslim.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that Jibrin during an interview with ‘Channels TV Politics Today’ said the right thing to do by the incoming government is for a Christern southern to occupy the position of the senate president.

He added that the positions of the Deputy Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives should be zoned to the North-Central and North-West, respectively.

“My personal opinion, if you look at the entire controversy of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, I think anybody that loves this country should not be thinking that the number three man should be a northern Muslim,” 

“The appropriate thing is that the position should go to a southern Christian. I believe that anybody who wants it the other way round, he loves himself more than the country,” he said.

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Jibrin, a member-elect to represent Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency in the 10th National Assembly, said using the 1999 template, the next Senate President should be from the South-East geopolitical zone.

He said, “If you adopt the 1999 template, it means that the Senate Presidency will go to the South-East. I know a lot of people are going to shout: ‘Oh, the South-East are fighting the APC!’

“For goodness sake, once a President emerges, it is fundamentally right for him to assume the status of the President of the country.”

This Online News Media reports that some Nigerian senators have started their campaign for the seat of the senate president for the 10th National Assembly, which is expected to be inaugurated sometime in June.