Ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly and subsequent election of Presiding Officers, a member of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and former Senatorial aspirant for Akwa Ibom North-East, Dr. Ndem Udoudo Ndem, has appealed to the Senators-elect to rally round the choice of President Bola Tinubu, and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party for the position of Senate President.
He described the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as a rare gift to the Nigerian Senate and the country as a whole.
Dr. Ndem, a certified Pediatric Surgeon, in an interview with our Correspondent, pointed out that “Nigeria as a country and its citizens at this critical time of its national life is in need of tried, tested, and proven leaders with experience to man critical sectors at all levels of government.”
While assessing the current race for the top job at the Senate, Dr. Ndem noted that the leadership qualities of the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, who is the top contender, and his experience both as a two-term Governor and a Senator, who broke the jinx of becoming a principal officer in the 8th Senate as a first-time lawmaker, was unparalleled.
He, therefore, called on all other contenders to close ranks and unite in support of Akpabio’s emergence as President of the Nigerian Senate in the 10th National Assembly.
Dr. Ndem, who was also a member of the medical team of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, noted the sterling qualities and credentials of President Tinubu, stressing that “he is a man who is gifted in harnessing the best human resources to execute jobs.”
He added that supports for Senator Akpabio’s Senate presidency bid by the Senators-elect “will be in line with Asiwaju’s philosophy of getting the right and the very best persons to get jobs done.”
The medical practitioner who hails from Nsit-Atai Local Government area of Akwa Ibom state is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Doctors Specialist Hospital (DSH) Uyo, and was a former two-term Chairman of Akwa Ibom APC in the United States.
