Speakership: S/East APC publicity secretaries push for Onyejeocha

All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretaries in the South East Wednesday met in Enugu and demanded that the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives be zoned to the South East.

To this regard, they endorsed and supported Hon. Mrs. Nkeiru Onyejeocha who is representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia state for the position.

They also posited that her occupation of the seat would not only balance the regional equation but would also take care of gender equation in the scheme of things.

At the meeting include Bennett Godson of APC Abia state, Kate Offor of APC Enugu state, Nwoba China of APC Ebonyi state and Okelo Madukife of APC Anambra state who coordinated the conference.

According to them: “The South East need to come into the equation of the 6 top most positions in the country. We have now many APC House of Representatives members unlike in 2015 when there was no qualified candidate from the zone due to party affiliation.

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“It is our considered view that we are endorsing and supporting Hon. Mrs. Nkeiru Onyejeocha for the position.”

They listed her being a lawyer, one Local government chairman, a former commissioner and being the chairman of House Committee on Aviation for 12 years as some of the credentials that qualified her for the position.

“In all the positions she has held, she exhibited a high level of competence and with that, she will bring forth her experience and motherly disposition to bear,” they pointed out.

They stressed the fact that as a woman, she would be seen as a representative of the womenfolk, adding “It is high time women be given the opportunity. Train a woman, you have trained a nation.”