The South West region yesterday lost out in the nation’s first four political ranking for the first time in the last 12 years as Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, PDP, Sokoto State emerged as the new Speaker of the 7th Session of the House of Representatives.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the region’s Ogun State was Nigeria’s number one citizen between 1999 and 2007 while from that time to last Friday, members of the House of Representatives from the region—Hon. Patricia Etteh, then Dimeji Bankole, at different times held sway as Speakers of the House.
By the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s arrangement, the position of the number four citizen— Speaker of the House of Representatives— would have gone to the region but Hon Tambuwal defeated Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola who was popularly tagged as the candidate of the PDP and the presidency.
Tambuwal was a Deputy Chief Whip in the sixth session of the House of Representatives. He ran against Hon. Mulikat Akande in defiance to the endorsement of the ruling PDP.
As things stand, the President is from South-South; Vice President from, North-West; Senate President, North Central and Speaker, House of Representatives from North West
Meantime, the main political party that is governing five of the South West’s six states, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, says it’s not worried about the development.
According to the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, “we are not bothered since we are a national party with national and not ethnic agenda.
“We voted for a candidate that will advance our political agenda which includes devolution of power, Physical federalism and review of revenue sharing formula among others.
“We did not vote on ethnic grounds and this is the beginning of the re-birth of democracy.”
“Come to think of it, what did the South West gain from Obasanjo Presidency and a Dimeji Bankole Speakership in the last 12 years?”
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