Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has thrown its weight for the bid for the Senate President by the outgoing Governor of Ebonyi State and Senator-elect Dave Umahi. THE GUARDIAN reports.
The secretary-general of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro in a statement called on the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prevail on the Senators to amend their standing rules by invoking a doctrine of necessity to achieve the goal.Information Guide Nigeria
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“There may be other options but for now, the best option for Tinubu is to pick Umahi as the Senate President,” Isiguzoro said. “This is the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and will restore peace in Nigeria, and anything, on the contrary, will make President-Elect Tinubu sleep without his eyes closed.”
Isiguzoro who admitted that there are other qualified ranking senators from the southeast geopolitical zone for the office of the 10th Senate President, argued that Umahi remains most suitable for the exalted seat.
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He said that Umahi’s Senate presidency will be strategic in Tinubu’s government to end insecurity and the sit-at-home trend in the southeast.NYSC Portal
“If Sen. Godswill Akpabio became a majority leader as a first-timer in 2015 under PDP, why can’t the rules be bent to allow the chairman, southeast governors forum, who is the political leader of the southeast by his position as chairman of southeast governors forum to emerge as the Senate President in the person of Governor Dave Umahi?
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“Without Igbo in the presidency, at the legislative arm of good, at the judiciary, without Igbo in the top 5 or top 6, the political leadership of Ndigbo revert to the forum and their chairman becomes the political leader of the Igbo nation.
“So, we are looking at Umahi. If the President-elect will consider the capacity and the interest of the southeast, he should give it to Governor Umahi. Let Umahi go there but because he is not a ranking senator, it becomes a problem. So, at this point, what we are saying is that the president-elect should do the needful and persuade the Senate to amend their standing rules. Let him choose somebody he can work with. No somebody will rock the boat tomorrow.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“The President-Elect should know that Umahi as Senate President of the 10th Assembly will restore peace in the Southeast, and an antidote for the violent agitation, and foster the unity of Nigeria. It’s time for the interest of National peace and Security, Let the Senate amend their standing rules and use the doctrine of necessity to allow Umahi to emerge.”JAMB Result