Minister of Labour and Employment,
Senator Chris Ngige has thrown his weight behind the quest that the Senate
President’s position should go to the South East.
In an interview with Sunday Sun,
Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State, said that both Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and
Senator Ben Uwajimogu are fully qualified for the position and should be
considered by their party, APC.
Ngige said: “We have those that
are ranking now. We have Ben Uwajimogu, he is now a two-term Senator, he is
coming back from the ruling party.
“We have Dr Orji Uzor Kalu. Orji
Uzor Kalu was a Federal Assembly legislator during the military regime, it’s
counted, because it was a National Assembly, so he has got some ranking.
“Therefore, Orji Uzor Kalu is
also qualified. Okorocha’s case will be determined before then.
“We now have some senators unlike
the last time when we had zero non-party senator coming from the Southeast.
There was nobody at all. So, the Southeast should definitely be in the
equation, I mean the proportion of Senate presidency.”
Ngige also spoke of the just
concluded general elections, condemning the violence that trailed the polls in
some states.
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