Andy Uba, senator representing
Anambra south senatorial district, says he stands a chance of becoming senate
president if reelected.
The senator, who is of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), said this on Saturday during his campaign rally in
Orumba north local government area of the state.
He said President Muhammadu
Buhari wanted to “make an Igbo man” senate president in 2015 but he found no
ranking senator in the party then.
He urged the electorate in the
state to support his reelection for that opportunity.
“I’ve a better chance to become
the senate president, having been in the senate for eight years and attained
the status of a ranking senator,” PUNCH quoted him as saying.
“President Buhari in 2015 was
ready to make an Igbo man the senate president, but he could not find a ranking
Igbo senator from the area in the APC, then.”
He urged the people of the state
to support Buhari’s re-election as well as his own because “senate presidency
is a bigger position than even the governor of a state.”
“So, if we get the senate
presidency, it will mean having something more than a governor in our
district,” he added
“In 2015, did you see this kind
of crowd converge on any part of the state for APC? It did not happen. The
people were aloof and not ready to listen to anyone then who would talk to them
about the APC or Buhari, but today the story is different.
“The people know us, and when we
approach them and tell them that APC is the best place to be, they don’t argue
about it.”
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Dear Andy,
ReplyDeleteCan you confirm if the current senate president,was made by Buhari or not and how come he can make you?
This comment of Buhari that he look for Igbo man, he did not see, same for service chiefs and all the others, off course he will still not see you, even as minority leader