The National president of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF) Yerima Shettima has rejected the choice of Godswill Akpabio as the next Senate President.
While urging the APC to encourage national unity by reviewing Akpabio’s nomination, he noted that the Southeast can also produce a credible and competent Senate president.
Shettima made this known during an interview he granted pressmen on Saturday.
He said, ”The APC brought a zoning formula and came up with someone from Akwa Ibom and this character, we know him very well. Because it is a party politics, they want to put it to be superior, it is not done anywhere
”APC needs to encourage national unity by demonstrating it. Let them look and their position and review it clearly. They should look at the issue of bankruptcy, debt and agitation from every part of the country and insecurity. We are in a fragile situation, we cannot afford to collect more debt if not we are finished.”
Shettima admitted that although he is of the view that the APC should reconsider positions, the South East is not helping themselves to be part of the national bureau. He said they need to be nationalistic in their approach.
”I am of the view that the government should encourage unity, we should carry our brother in the South East together,” he said.