Why Senate Presidency should’ve gone to a Northern Christian ― Reno Omokri

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has reacted to the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the 10th Senate president of the National Assembly, saying that the seat of the Senate President should have gone to a Northern Christian so as to balance the religious and regional factors.

GistReel reports that Senator Akpabio defeated his opponent Abdulaziz Yari, with votes from the lawmakers, thereby making him the Senate President.

His victory was announced by the clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal Magaji who said Akpabio emerged the winner with 63 votes leaving his rival with 46 votes.

Akpabio is the first South-Southerner to be elected President of the Senate since Nigeria got its independence in 1960.

Reacting to this via his official Instagram page, Reno Omokri wrote, ‘‘Ideally, the Senate Presidency should have gone to a Northern Christian to balance both the religious and regional factors.

“That way, Northerners would have felt a sense of representation, and Christians would still feel comfortable. Let us learn from our history instead of repeating history and accusing history of repeating itself.

“We have a Southern President and Chief Justice as heads of the Executive and Judiciary. As a result, the head of the Legislature ought to have been a Northerner. Anytime there is an imbalance in the three arms of Government, Nigeria has always faced political instability. Sharing power equitably is the only antidote to that volatility.”