Senate Minority Leader Says FCT Senator-elect, Kingibe, Too Old for Parliamentary Rigours Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Philip Aduda (PDP), yesterday disclosed that he would challenge the Independent
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Philip Aduda , yesterday disclosed that he would challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of the Labour Party candidate, Ireti Kingibe as Senator-elect of the Federal Capital Territory , at the tribunal.He described as unacceptable, a situation where a woman old enough to be his mother would be declared winner of a cosmopolitan constituency like the nation’s capital.
Aduda said, “Though the 2023 senatorial elections came with its challenges and concerns that we hope to address legally, we strongly believe that with your continuous support and prayers for a better FCT under our leadership, we will come out stronger. He said his opponent spoke out of ignorance when she claimed that he has done nothing tangible for the people of the FCT as their representative.
“Maybe she should tell us what she has done as community service to earn her the love and support of the people. But unfortunately, apart from the fact that we had too many over voting, these elections were canceled and she talked about it in the press, it was all over the country. “Because even the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in some fora has said that people should begin to retire at 70. So, we are thinking of retiring her at the age of 70 and she is just beginning to represent us.
He said, “I have constantly also put the issues of youth and women inclusion in my administrative style on the front burner, which largely reflects on my various programmes of empowerment, and it’s visible in my appointments of my aides, which cuts across all kinds of people irrespective of tribe, ethnicity and religion.
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