A member of the Senate in Nigeria’s 9th National Assembly,Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, has said the religion or geographical zone of the Senate president is
The senator stated that the issue of zoning does not matter adding that the country needs a Senate president who has the best interest of Nigerians at heart.
He stated this during an interview with ARISE NEWS. His position is at variance with some former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, who said that the Senate President should be a Christian from the South-East, and Cletus Obun, who insisted that the Senate presidency should be zoned to the South-South.
Jarigbe said “I think that we should choose the best out of the many that will come out… I think that, as senators, we should be allowed to choose who will be the senate president,” saying that the best candidate could come from any zone or religion, despite the call for equity and balance. The Cross-River north representative, when asked why he was not advocating for the South-South, replied, “I cannot on my own take a unilateral decision on this issue. I might have my own perspective, but I will subtune that for the larger interest,” as he noted that the representatives of the South-South will have a meeting where they chose the candidate they will believe to be the most competent, and therefore, support.
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