The senator-elect for the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, shares with FRIDAY OLOKOR her journey to the Red Chamber, her plans for her constituency and her thoughts on the dwindling women representation in the legislature
her journey to the Red Chamber, her plans for her constituency and her thoughts on the dwindling women representation in the legislature
His presence helped, because people also wanted a change. APC and PDP have been around for a long time, and with no prejudices to their leaders, the people needed a change. We have been recycling the old parties, so the Labour Party was an opportunity for a difference. By the same token, all politics are local and people will obviously vote for the candidates they like irrespective of who they voted for in the presidential election.
No, it is not deliberate; it is a careless attitude that has got us here. In Nigeria, we must realise that we cannot ignore 50 per cent of our population and expect maximum and optimum development; it is not going to happen.
The alarm I raised was that the results of the FCT should be announced. There was no doubt about it and everybody in the FCT knew what happened. However, there is no point going into that now. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced the results and I emerged the winner. In spite of whatever was done to shortchange me, I emerged the winner and I was so declared.
It is not something I can do by myself, but I think my colleagues coming in, there are about 72 new senators and I think we are all aware and coming in with the knowledge of what our people feel. So, we are hopefully going to make a difference. We know it is not going to be business as usual. There are some things that are bad and as representatives of the people, we are aware of those things and I am sure people will see a difference.
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