Senate president election was free, fair- Ndume

Abuja – Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) on Tuesday, described the conduct of the senate president election for the 9th National Assembly as ”free and fair.”Ndume,Satumari Ndume who made the remark while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the poll in Abuja, said the election was not a fight but a contest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ndume and Sen. Ahmad Lawan contested for the number-one seat of the 9th Senate. While Lawan polled 79 votes to emerge the winner, Ndume scored 28 votes out of the total votes of 107. He said his involvement in the contest had given the process a credibility. ”Now, my colleagues have decided, but whatever result is, the election was free and fair which is what we have to do. ”I hope that the party will also agree with me that what I did was to insist on doing the right thing in the interest of democracy. ”I think the right thing has been done and my fate has been decided by the Almighty Allah this date through my colleagues,” he said. The lawmaker, who believed that only God knew what he had in stock for him, said he did his best. ”I begged Allah and my colleagues for the position of the senate president and I did my best in order to achieve this,” he said. Ndume, who said that he had accepted his fate, pledged to support Lawan to succeed. ”This is so because his success is our success,” he said. BREAKING: Very tight security as Ndume, Okorocha arrive NASS(Opens in a new browser tab) He said the new senate president had all that it takes to lead the 9th Senate. He also said the emergence of Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege as the deputy senate president had shown the beauty of democracy. Breaking: Worry for Omo-Agege as Ekweremadu joins race for Dep. Senate President(Opens in a new browser tab) ”I have confidence in him and all we need to do is to cooperate as one among equal. ”I like his energy and resilience and I hope he will make a very good deputy senate president,” ‘he said. On how he felt about the election, he said: ”I am comfortable with it. I was one of the first that went to congratulate my colleagues.” ”May be you don’t know me; I am okay. I will sleep very well today and you know, I was looking forward to this day because I worked very hard,” he said. (NAN) TOA/CHOM/ABI


Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/06/senate-president-election-was-free-fair-ndume-2/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PDP condemns closure of AIT and Ray Power, says its an attempt to gag the media

Press statement from the PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns, in its totality, the unrelenting attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled federal government to cage the media as being witnessed in the ferocious attacks on Africa Independent Television (AIT) by government agencies, particularly the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The party says it is evident that the attack on AIT is targeted at intimidating and gaging the media, repress constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech and stifle public opinion, particularly as related to the determination by Nigerians to retrieve the stolen Presidential mandate at the tribunal. This clamp down on AIT as well as earlier siege on other media houses and journalists under the APC administration, ostensibly point to a plot to frighten and asphyxiate the media, shut down outlets perceived to hold dissenting views and ultimately foist a siege mentality on our citizenry to restrain their demand
Read more

Cabinet Delay May Send Nigeria Back Into Recession – Experts

 Here are strong indications that the economy may slide back into another round of recession, given the apparent stagnation of government activities and the uncertainties surrounding its policy direction and priorities. It could be recalled that the 2019 presidential election was held on February 23 and the incumbent, President, Muhammadu Buhari, was declared the winner within a couple of days after the election. On May 29, he was formally sworn in as President for his second four-year tenure. However, there are apprehensions that the economy is currently at a standstill following the prolonged absence of ministers to drive government’s policies and programmes. In 2015 when President Buhari was first elected into office, he spent six months before appointing a cabinet, a situation that was largely responsible for plunging Nigeria into a recession the following year. Experts fear that the nation may be headed on a similar path as the President does not seem to be in a hur
Read more

POLITICS: Court Orders INEC To Issue Certificate Of Return To Okorocha

Image
 A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha. Justice Okon Abang on Friday ruled that the having been declared by the Returning Officer as the winner of the February 23 senatorial election for Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone), INEC has no reason not to issue him certificate of return. Justice Abang overruled the submission by candidates of the PDP, Jones Onyeriri and APGA, Osita Izunaso that the matter ought to be taken to the election petitions tribunal since it has become a post-election matter which robbed the court of jurisdiction under sections 285, 251(1) of the 1999 Constitution. The judge held that petitions to the election tribunal under Section 133 of the Electoral Act should be made by the losers, and not the person declared winner whether under duress or not. “The reliefs sought by the plaintiff (Okorocha) does not relate to
Read more