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Ripples in NASS over Sen-president, Speaker zoning

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*NWC divided over miscro-zoning of positions, N-Central insists on Speakership slot, *North-West seeks Senate presidency, 18 North-Central Senators-elect kick, *Oyebanji, Ekiti Senators-elect back Akpabio, *South-East APC group hails party’s decision, *Gbaja’s men go after members-elect for signatures, *Freshers form New Dawn movement *Wase, Ado-Doguwa, others meet, *NASS members-elect’ll  determine their leaders — PDP, LP   The zoning crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a new turn with stakeholders singing discordant tunes as the various zones make fresh demands on the party hierarchy. The APC National Working Committee, NWC, on Monday zoned the Senate Presidency of the forthcoming 10th National Assembly to the South-South; and the Speakership of the House of Representatives to the North-West. The party also zoned the Deputy Senate Presidency to the North-West; and Deputy Speakership to the South-East. Specifically, the party adopted the zoning templa...