‘I’m still in line for senate president,’ Kalu to APC NWC, senators-elect

Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip and former Governor of Abia State, has written letters to the members of National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress (APC) and 108 Senators elect, notifying them of his interest to be the next Senate President. Business Hallmark reports.Information Guide Nigeria

This is even as he refuted the news making round that the South East Senators elect endorsed him, explaining that the Senators -elect of the South East only met to make a demand from the President-elect and the party and yet to endorse anyone.JAMB Result

This is as the party’s NWC on Monday, endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, as its preferred choice for the position.JAMB Result

However, the former Abia governor in the letters he personally signed and addressed to each of the NWC Members and Senators elect, said he is offering himself for the position of the Senate President with sincerity of heart, humility, and candour.

Kalu also noted that his seemingly inactive in the contest of the senate presidency was because of the one month mourning of his late wife, Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu.

He promised to promote and defend the constitution and foster a congenial and cordial relationship between the executive and judiciary if elected.

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The letter to the party leaders reads: “It is with a deep sense of joy and humility that I bring you warm greetings and that of Abia North Senatorial zone.

“My emergence as the Senator to represent Abia North in this critical time in the history of our dear nation comes with huge responsibilities, top of which is to make quality laws for the good governance of our people.

“To be able to achieve these enviable goals, we require good leaders who will pilot the affairs of the 10th Senate.

“Leadership of a sophisticated Senate at the 10th Session will need men and women with abundance of shared vision, consensus building, charisma, credibility, and pragmatism in the saddle.JAMB Portal

“This is why I most humbly write to officially inform you of my interest to be elected the next Senate President.

“I make this offer to serve you and the Nigerian people with sincerity of heart, humility, and candour.

“The biggest asset I bring to the table is wisdom and experience garnered over the years in the management of human and material resources.

“I promise to work for you, promote and defend the constitution and the party, and foster a congenial and cordial relationship between the party, the executive and judiciary.

“One thing is indubitably certain: working together in unity and mutual love and respect, we can take Nigeria to real next level of peace, progress, and development.”

Akpabio is APC’s preferred choice, not anointed candidate for senate president – Ndume

Meanwhile, Senator Ali Ndume has clarified that Akpabio is not the “anointed” candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for senate president of the 10th national assembly.

The Borno South senator who spoke in a chat with Arise TV on Monday, said Akpabio is only a preferred choice of the party.

Reacting to the party’s declaration, Ndume said describing Akpabio as the anointed candidate would connote a “fait accompli”, adding that the label does not represent the situation.

“I don’t think anointed is the right word to use. The APC has Akpabio as its preferred candidate, that would be a better word,” he said.

“Not anointed but preferred candidate. Because if it is anointed then it is fait accompli, which is not the case. We have to go into the chamber and vote, and it can go anywhere.

“Akpabio is going to be first among the equals as president of the senate. It is going to take the remaining 108 of us to restore integrity to the Senate.”

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