Chairman, Ahmad Lawan Campaign
Group, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi, on Monday, said that Sen. Ali Ndume’s resolve to
contest for the senate president’s position has given credibility to the entire
process.
Abdullahi, who made the remark
when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, said
everybody is free to vote and be voted for in a democratic setting.
”Democracy is a contest and there
is beauty in the contest and that is what I told Ndume about an hour ago; that
we appreciate that you are making democracy in Nigeria to really work.
”It gives credibility to the
entire process. If we had just gone and ….already, people are saying that we
have been anointed, we have been stampeded into that; that is a very wrong
perception,” he said.
He said Lawan had become
formidable, going by his contribution in the Senate being the Senate leader in
the 8th assembly.
”Under normal parliamentary
practice, if a party wins an election, the leader of that party in the Senate,
without any contest, moves in and take over the leadership.
”That is what happens in the
United States when democrats won the election in the House of Representatives,”
he said.
Abdullahi said the same thing was
applicable in the British system of government.
”So under normal circumstances,
we stand on a very strong position, and they know us and we know them,” he
said.
He said the group would have had
a big challenge if their candidate was incompetent.
”If our candidate was that bad,
since we started this contest late February, the issue would have come out.
”If he was corrupt or has stolen
money, it would have come out in the public domain.
”But the fact that it hasn’t, it
means that we are on good course,” he said.
He said although Ndume has his
own agenda which he wants to advance, Lawan’s acceptability is overwhelming.
Abdullahi enjoined Nigerians to
note the integrity and the sincerity of purpose of the 9th Senate under Lawan’s
watch.
”We want Nigerians to really keep
an eye on us. If we win this election, we will add value to legislative
activities,” he said.
He said the independence of the
legislature would be guaranteed while relationship with the executive would be
strengthened.
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