Trouble Looms as Ndume Opposes Lawan’s Adoption as Senate President - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
R-L; President Muhammadu Buhari in a handshake with APC Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan. Others are APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Osiomhole and SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha during a dinner with APC NWC Members, Returning and Newly Elected Senators held at the Presidential Banquet Hall Monday night in Abuja. ...STATE HOUSE. MARCH 25 2019.
He said: “What took place at the presidential dinner in Aso Rock on Monday night, where Oshiomhole as party chairman, announced Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as president of the ninth Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively was very shocking to me and many of my colleagues.
The provision of the constitution states: “There shall be a President and Deputy President of the Senate who shall be elected by the members of that house from among themselves.’’ He said: “If you look at the history of the National Assembly, such action, normally do not go down well with members. In 1999, Evans Enwerem was imposed, he did not last. After that Wabara was also imposed and he did not also last. The PDP that was then accused of impunity did not do what the APC did yesterday.
Ndume said he has a vision for the Senate because the Senate had drifted and is drifting to a position where it will not be able to serve its purpose. “I am now leaving this for God and for my people that elected me. I am going home right away to consult with the elders who encouraged me to vie for the position. So, I will engage in consultations before I take the final position. But, I want to say that the party has taken a position and I ultimately await the decision of the Almighty God and that of my colleagues.
He said: “If Ndume actually understands democracy, with due respect to the number of years he has spent in the National Assembly as a lawmaker, he should realise that we are practicing presidential system of government. He said that after consulting with top leaders, the party also had to present its position to the president for his input and advice.
The caucus in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, and the Chairman of Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory , Senator Dino Melaye, explained that it is the right of every senator to aspire to the position as stipulated in the 1999 constitution . The statement added: “We have noted with regret and surprise how some senators who are interested in becoming the next Senate president and those seeking to occupy various leadership positions in the next Senate have been busy dragging the name of the Saraki, into their schemes for fulfilling their ambitions. We believe those involved in this dirty game are only afraid of the shadow of the Senate president.
He stressed that the PDP does not only have a constitutional say in the process of the emergence of the leadership of the ninth National Assembly, but would, as a matter of constitutional right, field candidates into presiding offices of both chambers, if need be.
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