The lawmaker representing Delta
Central in the National Assembly, Barrister Ovie Omo-Agege, has vowed that no
lawmaker remotely connected with Senator Bukola Saraki will be allowed to hold
leadership of the 9th Senate.
Omo-Agege stated this while
giving an insight into how the next leadership of the National Assembly would
be selected.
Omo-Agege lamented that those he
described as Saraki’s relegates regime made sure all agenda of the government
were shut down for almost three of the four years of Buhari first tenure.
Independent quoted the lawmaker
as saying the move to shut out Saraki’s men was necessary to avert a repeat of
events of the out-going Assembly.
Omo-Agege said that President
Buhari, as leader of APC, would consult with the party’s caucus on who should
emerge Senate President.
“For that reason, we are saying,
it is the party’s caucus that will meet in consultation with Mr President and
decide and recommend for the leadership position. And Mr President is the head
of that caucus.
“We’ll no longer allow relegates
to govern the National Assembly. When they did the last time, you saw what
happened,” he stressed.
“I have not told anybody that I
am interested in running for the Senate Presidency.
“But, having said that, I am just
as qualified as any other ranking senator of the Ninth Senate.
“So, when the time comes, depending
on the decision made by the caucus of the party – Mr President and other
relevant stakeholders – and depending on where it is zoned to. After the
zoning, we consult ourselves and complied with the rules.”
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