Senate Presidency: Stakeholders Drum Support for Ahmad Lawan's Continuity
- Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan may as well continue in his position as the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly
- Some influential stakeholders in the legislature have started making a case for Lawan to be retained in the position
- According to the stakeholders, the Senate President possess all the qualities the incoming leadership desires
FCT, Abuja - The Assembly Watch, a group of stakeholders charged with monitoring the activities of federal lawmakers, has stated that Senator Ahmad Lawan should continue as the Senate President in the incoming 10th National Assembly.
The stakeholders noted that the cordial relationship between the executive and the legislature in the 9th Senate, away from the experience of the 8th Senate, should be sustained.
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Addressing journalists in Abuja, including a Legit.ng reporter, leader of the group, Abraham Owoicho, said the current order had stabilised budgeting in Nigeria, and issues of national interest had attracted his continuity.
He stated that for competence, efficiency, achievements, capacity and stability in the National Assembly, Senator Lawan should continue as the next Senate President.
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He said:
''Aside reverting and sustaining budget circle from January to December, strict budget implementation, budget debate and passage in the last four years deserve his wealth of experience to continue in the next Senate.
''His control and management of the National Assembly as chairman and the activities of the 9th Senate handled with all maturity it deserves, had placed Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan for continuity.''
Owoicho warned on the consequences of zoning the Senate President to any part of the country, particularly the northern states and picking any other person to occupy the plum job.
He added that any other person will rubbish the success and laudable achievements credited to Senator Lawan.
He concluded:
"It is on record that the 9th Assembly under the leadership of Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan and Rt Honorable Femi Gbwjabiamiala passed many bills, adopted several motions that had resorted to successes both in the public and private sector of the Nigerian. economy."
"The implications of reselecting another set of Senate President will be colossal, as Senator Lawan was already tested and trusted not only in the last four years, but since 1999.
"The unique performance by the 9th Senate President under Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan had eroded the National Assembly since 1999, as budget discipline, monitoring and project execution had returned sanity to the public system, hence removing budget padding and duplications."
Texem UK laud Lawan, Gbajabiamila for re-appointing Sulaiman as DG of NILDS
Meanwhile, the UK-based executive education and management consulting firm, TEXEM UK, says the reappointment of Prof. Abubakar Suleiman as Director-General (DG) of Nigerian Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is commendable.
Leadership reports that TEXEM’s founder, Dr Alim Abubakre, a Nigerian-born British expert, congratulated Sulaiman, whose tenure of four years was renewed by Senate President Lawan and Speaker Femi Gbajamiamila.
In the tribute, Abubakre said that Sulaiman’s drive for excellence, versatility, and commitment to nation-building has been evident since he first assumed the role of Director-General.
Senate Presidency: Ohuabunwa kicks against Orji Uzor Kalu's ambition
On his part, the former lawmaker representing Abia North senatorial district in the 8th National Assembly, Mao Ohuabunwa, has stood firmly against the ambition of Orji Uzor Kalu to be the next Senate President.
Ohuabunwa, argued that Kalu, the current member representing Abia North senatorial district, has a pending case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and has previously been convicted.
Senator Ohuabunwa, who spoke during Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, April 10, said the ex-Abia state governor is not competent to represent the people.
Senate Presidency: Long-serving senator declares ambition
In a related development, the race for the Senate presidential seat reached a fever pitch recently with the entrant of Senator Ali Ndume of Borno state.
Senator Ndume officially joined the race making him one of the big names vying for the coveted position.
His declaration makes it the second time he would declare interest in the number one seat at the red chambers.
Source: Legit.ng
