A former deputy chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lawan Maina, has made case for the Northeast zone to produce the Senate President for the 9th National Assembly, as compensation for the devastation visited on the region by insurgency and banditry.
Maina said the zone is ready to support
the aspiration of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume to
become the next Senate President.
Maina said this in Abuja, noting that major stakeholders in Borno State have
resolved to support Ndume because he possesses requisite capacity and
temperament to ensure stability and good working relationship between the
Executive and Legislature.
He dispelled speculation
that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the current senate leader, Senator
Ahmed Lawan for the position.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said the zone recorded the second
highest number of votes cast for President Buhari in the just concluded
elections, adding that Ndume as a member of the campaign committee worked
assiduously alongside others to give victory to the party in the zone.
Meanwhile, Senator Lawan has declared interest to run for the office, promising to abide by his party’s zoning arrangement.
He equally expressed optimism that APC would not repeat mistakes of 2015 that made it impossible for the party’s preferred candidate to emerge.
Addressing journalists on Friday, alongside 10 Senators-elect, Lawan harped on the need to respect party supremacy, saying the APC has learnt from its past mistakes.