10th NASS: North West Deserves Senate President- APC Chieftain

Why do you want the 10th Assembly Leadership to go to the North West?

I believe that for us to be united in our country Nigeria, since our party APC zoned the Presidency to the Southern part of the country and by God’s willing, we have won and we have the president-elect from Southern part of the country. For equity, fairness and justice. We must zone the Senate Presidency to the North, and if we look it the most populous Zone in the north, it is North West. So, we must consider them to get the Senate President.

Also one of the major factors in National Assembly leadership is the zoning of roles to reflect the diversity of the country, since the National Assembly is filled with Senators and Reps from all states in the country cutting across most tribes, the zoning arrangement usually come from the political party with the majority in the house and legislators usually follow this agreement to share principal offices.

So as the election for the senate president draws close, the APC must look within itself and remain steadfast to do the right thing for national unity in sharing these positions, they must consider competence, character, experience, contribution to the party and victory and the principle of Federal Character. These are all factors that will determine the president position.

What make you think that zoning the 10th Assembly Leadership to North West will the best decision?

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For a united country like Nigeria, we do not need anything that will separate us. What is good for the goose Is good for the gander. I think zoning the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to the Northern part will make us to be more united as a country.

This takes us to the senate president position, the North West, Nigeria’s most populated zone with the most states and voters contributed immensely to the APC victory in the Presidential election.

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu polled 2,652,824 of his votes, some 31% from the North west region alone, more than any other zone, the North West will definitely make a strong claim for Senate president and they have experienced legislators to present to the party and the Senate.

What impact do think that zoning 10th Assembly Leadership to North West will bring to Nigeria?

I think for the incoming President to have a smooth runnings of Government, we must carry the North West region along and the only way to do that is by making one of them to be in the First three in Nigeria. Also, as a President that will really want a re-election, he should not push the North Western zone away so the opposition will not take advantage.

Do you have a special candidate from the north west and is that why you are campaigning for the leadership of the 10th assembly to the zone?

I really don’t want us to think that way, I am only agitating for the unity of this Country. And I know for us to be more united as a country, we must share powers. So for that reason, I see that one of the experienced lawmaker is senator Barau Jibrin is the most experienced lawmaker and he is from the North West. I’m not saying he is the only person there but I think we are counting for experience and competence which is solid and it will be very good for the progress and unity of the country if the party leadership and the President elect provide immediate guidance and leadership in order of us to have a peaceful and effective 10th National Assembly.

You are campaigning Senator Barau Jibrin for the Senate Leadership what make him so special?

Senator Jibrin Barau is the most ranked Senator in the red chamber and he has handled alot of Committees and has delivered; like, Committee on appropriation, for somebody like that: he understand the integrity of the so called, Executive and legislative arm of government. With him as the Senate President, we will have a smooth runnings of Government in Nigeria.

It is also critical to the success of the incoming administration and while we are talking about the executive arm of the government, we must also look at the legislative arm and in doing this, we must look at the most competent hand amongst all the candidates that have shown interest to aspire for the office of the Senate Presidency.

“That is why I believe that most of the aspirants for the Senate Presidency know that there is no person as qualified as Senator Barau Jibrin. Why did I say so? This man started his political career in the national assembly in 1999. He started by joining the House of Representatives first, after building successful businesses and after also passing through extensive training programs in different endeavors in his career journey. He was in Kano State Civil Service, He chaired so many committees in the investment and property development in Kano State.

” He was once a Commissioner for Science and Technology in Kano State. He has B.Sc. in Accountancy.

“He did several training and certifications programs, including a Master’s degree in financial management and pricing, Master in Business Administration, and obtained a certificate in Financial Management for Business Decisions, from the Prestigious Cornell University, United States. And currently, he is the most ranking Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chairman, TETFund, and also the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee.

He was part and parcel of the individuals that contributed to the successes recorded by the government of the APC. Because without proper appropriation, you can never get your policies and program to be driven right.

If you notice what happened in the 8th assembly, because of lack of proper team management and proper structure, especially around appropriation, we had a rancorous house. It was the 9th Assembly, that came and consolidated and brought order, and composure that tune in the programs of the APC government, and that enabled the successes we have recorded especially in the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari Administration. Every single investment that is done to better the lives of Nigerians will have to pass through the appropriation desk.

The Red Chamber has been more organized than it has ever been since 1999, because there has been proper structure of working relationship with the executive. And if we have this mature leadership that drives this success, why can’t we allow Senator Barau Jibrin to be able to drive the Office of the Senate President, so that we can be able to have a coordinated, organized and responsible government that meets the needs and yearnings of Nigerians.

That is why I believe that Senator Barau Jibrin is the most qualified. Consider his antecedents in public service and his activities in the Senate as the highest-ranking member.

When you go to the North West, where he comes from, that region through his rigorous political campaigns, the North West delivered the highest amount of vote for the APC much more than the South West which is the Zone of the APC president-elect.

The North-West gave 2.7 million votes, while the South-West brought 2 million votes. So when you compare that, you would realise that he succeeded in driving these successes why? Because Kano State contributed to over five hundred thousand of these votes, majority of these votes came from Barau Jibrin Senatorial districts. He is the only candidate in Kano State that was not swallowed by the Kwankwasiyya tsunami.

The measure of who emerges the President of the 10th Senate should be rated by their ingenuity, level of experience in the workings and the activities of the legislature, their track records in diverse spheres of human endeavors, and most importantly, their individual contributions to the emergence of our President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.