The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has called on the party’s leadership to consider zoning the 10th House of Representatives speaker position to the region.

Dominic Alancha, the forum convener, who made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, stressed that the region deserved the position, having worked for the party.

“It will not be out of place if we as a region call on our great party, the APC, to consider and zone the position of the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives to the North-central,” he said.

He congratulated Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, saying his victory showed that democracy was working in Nigeria and that the people’s preference prevailed against all odds.

Mr Alancha commended the professionalism of INEC and the Nigerian security forces for their neutrality, adding that they conducted themselves as true professionals.

He added that the moral and logistic support given to the forum by the party’s leaders in the North-Central led to the region’s outstanding performance in the presidential and National Assembly election.

Mr Alancha said the election results showed that any party the zone flips to was primed to always win an election.

He noted that the electoral victory of Mr Tinubu was indeed inspiring and exciting, adding that all hurdles on the way of the president-elect were dismantled by his choice by Nigerians.

“We ask that you remember the enormous sacrifices that party members had to endure for your victory in our region, the North-Central,” Mr Alancha said.

He appealed to Mr Tinubu to ensure youths were brought on board in his cabinet when he eventually assumed office as the country’s next president.

(NAN)