2019: Borno Assembly asks Governor Shettima to vie for Senate
- Governor Kashim Shettima might be heading to the Nigerian Senate in 2019
- The Borno state governor has since announced his intention to be a member of the Senate
- His aspiration got a boost recently as the 28 members in the Borno state House of Assembly have declared support for him
All the 28 members in the Borno State House of Assembly have asked Governor Kashim Shettima to vie for the Senate next year as he completes his eight years tenure as governor.
The legislators elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) encouraged Governor Shettima to move to the Senate, stressing that the people in his senatorial district would need the quality of his knowledge and experiences in the upper chamber.
The speaker of the Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, made the revelation yesterday in the presence of some members of the Borno Assembly when a political coalition, Kashim Shettima Youth Mobilization (KSYM), led by an APC chieftain, Al-Amin Mustapha Alkali, hosted the speaker and members to a political forum in Maiduguri.
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Daily Trust reports that no fewer than 500 members of the coalition, representing other groups attended the forum. Three members of the state Assembly representing Monguno, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere state constituencies attended the forum.
The speaker of the state Assembly was represented by Maina Mustapha Garba, the member representing Monguno.
The youth had told the members that they wanted them to deliver a request to Governor Shettima to declare for Borno Central senatorial contest within 45 days, saying thousands of other youths had already taken a position that not having Shettima in the Senate will be a waste of quality representation for Borno.
The coalition also said its members had raised money to use in buying form for expression of interest which they will present to the governor whether he accepts to contest or not. The youths also promised to reach out to all political associates of the governor to mobilise resources for his campaign offices and other activities.
“The youths are not alone in their resolve because all the 28 members in a full APC house want Governor Kashim Shettima to go to the Senate come 2019; there is no going back on the position,” the speaker said.
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The speaker promised to convey the youths’ request but assured them that it was not a question of asking the governor but working for it.
“Governor Shettima doesn’t reserve the right to refuse the request from the people of the state in choosing him to represent them at the Senate. It is a clarion call that he must accept,” he said.
In another development, a Coalition of Northern Youths Organisation under the aegis of Northern Youth Advocacy for Excellence, on Friday, May 25, declared their support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
The spokesman of the coalition, Hussaini Usman, said at a press briefing in Kaduna state, that the decision was reached at an extended executive meeting of the group held in Abuja on Sunday, May 20.
According to him, President Buhari has, so far demonstrated his ability to take Nigeria to the next level.
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