The Governor of Ebonyi State and now Senator-elect, David Umahi, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest for the President of the 10th Senate.
Gists9ja reports that the governor made his intent known when he met with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
While arguing that the South-East deserves the Senate Presidency, Umahi noted that the region made considerable efforts towards the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and that there is the need to carry every sections of the country along.
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According him, the issue of ranking lawmaker cannot override the Constitution of the country that guarantees equal rights to the citizenry.
The governor said that he has enough leadership records in the public sector as a two-term governor and the private sector as a businessman to lead the 10th Senate.
He told State House Correspondents, “If you say the South-East did not massively vote for APC, at least the South-East massively defended that APC should not be out-voted. This is very important.”
Umahi added, “If you look at the true reflection of our society, you will agree with me that the right thing to be done by leaders without prejudice to their rights and their thinking is that the South-East deserves number three position. This is very important.
“I’ve always said that you can deliver somebody by the reason of majority votes of a particular region, but you also need the cooperation of the minority to have a holistic nation to govern. This is very important.
“So, for inclusiveness, for the unity of the country for everybody to be carried along, nobody has been able to say, this is the reason why South-East should not be given this position.”
