The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu said
he does not envisage that the 10th Senate President will be a Muslim, given that
Nigeria is a secular state, where diverse religious interests should be
accommodated.
Kalu rejected the idea of having a Muslim as the next Senate
President, saying it will throw up discomfort among citizens which will not go
down well with the country, particularly as the All Progressives Congress, APC
fought hard to overcome Muslim-Muslim ticket in the just concluded presidential
election.
Kalu who has been re-elected to represent Abia North
Senatorial district confirmed his interest to contest for the Office of the
Senate President while speaking with Senate Press Corps on Tuesday morning at
the National Assembly complex.
He, however, said, his interest is tied to the zoning of the Office of the Senate President to the South East where he comes from by the National leadership of the governing All Progressives Congress while expressing the belief that the party will zone the office to the South East.
He said: “I will like the Party to zone it to my zone
because the President-elect Tinubu needs people of high character to turn
around the economy and work for the masses and make laws that will enable him
turn around the economy I am an economic person an entrepreneur.”
Reacting to the likelihood of other contestants slugging it
out with him, Kalu maintained that the Senate is a legislative institution that
has rules and he believed nobody should contest for the Office of the Senate
President with him, given his experience, not just a returnee, but as a Chief
Whip of the 9th Senate.
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But I think u said a time ago that religion is not a factor in Nigeria, why sudden have concern to that, because now u are aspiring for the sit of the senate president so it's a factor now right? Hmmmm
ReplyDeleteThank you oooooo, Please we need to look beyond religion, We need who can do the Job. Politicians no get principle, it is only about interest. With the current precedence in the presidency, we don't care if a Muslim is also the Senate president.
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