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The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by Chyz2: 4:29am On May 03, 2011 |
[size=15pt]Senate Presidency: South East, South South join forces[/size] •Goje, Saraki, battle Mark By Sunny Igboanugo and Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Abuja Every zone is throwing its hat into the ring for the office of Senate President in the gritty scramble for the title of number three citizen after the President and Vice President. Those not running are campaigning for their candidates, with old Senators backing Senate President David Mark (North Central), and new ones – who have not even been sworn in yet – going for Senators-elect Danjuma Goje and Bukola Saraki. Goje is currently Gombe State Governor, and Saraki is Kwara Governor. They will switch to the Senate when their terms expire on May 29. On the other hand, the South East and South South have joined forces. As each contestant clings to bases and allies, the South East has found some in the neighbouring South South for the position to return to the zone, which held it in the eight years of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidency. The North East entered into the fray with a demand after a meeting at the weekend that the post be zoned to it in order to troubleshoot the restiveness that erupted after the Presidential election. The North Central is, however, flaunting the alleged promise made to the zone to retain the job in exchange for its support for the bid by the South South to pick the Presidency. It was learnt that the collaboration between the South East and South South is based on collective interest. A source confirmed that two meetings have been held by the two zones on how to get the position back to the South East in a new-found fellowship, which became pronounced in the run up to the vote on April 16 that produced Goodluck Jonathan as President. Under the arrangement in which Jonathan received massive support from the South East, the zone resolved not to present a Presidential candidate for the first time in the history of the country, so as to get the maximum benefits. Jonathan got the most votes from the two zones, which made up the Eastern Region splintered into various states by military regimes. The source said the two zones want to firm up a common position before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting where the battle will be fought. Some expressed surprise that the other zones are bidding for the Senate Presidency when it is obvious that the return of the Villa to the South means that the Senate Presidency would follow suit, as was in the case during the Obasanjo years. Said the source: “We don’t really understand why the North should be interested in the position when it has produced the Vice President. The PDP has a tradition of sharing these positions. “When Obasanjo was President the Senate President went to the South East. Nobody disturbed the arrangement despite the fact that the zone eventually produced five Senate Presidents. Nothing has changed now that Aso Rock has reverted to the South. “The PDP arrangement is in such a way that if the North presents the President, the Vice President naturally goes to the South, while the Senate President, the number three, goes to the North again, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives comes to the South. The two Deputies in the Senate and the House take a cue in that order. “That is the way it has been. Obasanjo maintained it and Yar’Adua maintained it. “The South East has paid its dues in this exercise. This is not the time to treat the zone as they have done in the National Chairmanship of the PDP, which has been denied the zone for several months.” Regardless, Goje (North East) has begun moves to snatch the Senate Presidency from Mark. He has convened a meeting with his colleagues from the zone. All PDP Senators from the zone are first timers. Immediately after the National Assembly (NASS) ballot on April 9, Saraki (North Central) sent text messages to other new Senators soliciting their support for him. But the North East is said to be in favourable contention, even though the North Central is not relenting in retaining the position it has occupied since 2007. Goje met with Senators-elect from the North East last Thursday where he urged them to articulate a common position. The zone has also reached out to the PDP apparatchik, telling it to concede the Senate Presidency to it for two reasons: Placate the zone as done to the South West over the June 12 debacle and the need to strengthen the PDP in the North East. The South West was given the Presidency in compensation for the annulment of the election of Moshood Abiola on June 12, 1993. The North East is arguing that it too should be allowed to get the Senate Presdiency since former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is from the zone, lost the PDP Presidential ticket to Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting also reasoned that conceding the Senate Presidency to the North East would help “cement unity and stabilise the PDP for future polls in the zone.” All the six returning Senators from the North Central have not openly expressed interest in the post, and Mark is canvassing their support for him to retain it. However, a ranking Senator from the North faulted Mark’s ambition, saying “I am all for equity in the sharing of positions in the Parliament. “If the South East is allowed to produce the Speaker, then it would be selfishness on the part of the North Central to insist that Mark should continue. We have to be sensitive at this time. It would not augur well for the top three positions to be held by Christians. “I am all for a Muslim-Christian ticket in the Senate.” http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=33101 |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by koruji(m): 4:34am On May 03, 2011 |
Old Eastern Region my backside. SS Presidency, N Vice Presidency, SE Senate President, N Speaker nko? |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by Chyz2: 4:40am On May 03, 2011 |
koruji: The SE is going for Speaker, they are setting a trap,for lack of a better word. Yo, it aint checkers, its chess . Do you know what speaker would do for both zones, Chai, the East don get powa.Gbosa! |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EkoIle1: 4:41am On May 03, 2011 |
Sometimes I Wonder why ibo people rejoice over the silliest, petty and irrelevant things |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 4:42am On May 03, 2011 |
Eko Ile: and is it your business if they rejoice over anything wetin concern you face your SW people |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by ChinenyeN(m): 4:43am On May 03, 2011 |
No. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 4:44am On May 03, 2011 |
ChinenyeN: why SS and SE was part of the igbo empire, so why no |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by ChinenyeN(m): 4:46am On May 03, 2011 |
You don't know what you're talking about Alj Harem. Igbo empire? Yeah. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EkoIle1: 4:49am On May 03, 2011 |
See wetin ibo people are reduced to. Jostling for for crumbs must be the cool in ibo land |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 4:52am On May 03, 2011 |
ChinenyeN: ChinenyeN, I think i know what i am talking about clearly the old eastern region give the igbos power over other groups thus the deintergration of the old east was a disaster for the igbos just like an empire when it falls. Now it is just reclaiming back the empire and i see nothing wrong in that. i mean they use to rule it before so what is stoping them now i think we all should be happy for the SS and SE |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 4:54am On May 03, 2011 |
Eko Ile: can u STFU and get out igbo this igbo that, leave them alone and go face ur SW rascals or is there something else u would like to tell us about ([s]are u having a hard on for igbos)[/s] |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by ezeagu(m): 4:54am On May 03, 2011 |
Eko Ile: When you're constantly happy, you know, getting the ego, the yen, the green. . . not sitting grumpy on nairaland. . . you know. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 4:55am On May 03, 2011 |
All is well with the Ndigbo. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 4:56am On May 03, 2011 |
EzeUche_: i agree, all is well with Ndigbo and SS +NC what do u think about sure alliance |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by Nobody: 4:57am On May 03, 2011 |
Mu he he! |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 4:59am On May 03, 2011 |
I believe my predictions are coming true. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EkoIle1: 5:07am On May 03, 2011 |
alj harem: Looks like your usual rubbish so I'll gladly not waste my breath on such nonsensical post |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by pleep(m): 5:11am On May 03, 2011 |
Ali harem sounds like a north Nigerian name yet your an Igbo, ndu chucks sounds like a Igbo name yet he's a northerner? Damn, you tribalists are so confusing. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 5:11am On May 03, 2011 |
Eko Ile: so why do u keep insulting igbo why do u call them ibo instead of igbo why do u use the slogan "it sucks to be ibo" when your SW people are not better anyway leave them alone so that you may have peace in your life have they not suffered enough from all the insult and taunting you given them daily abeg carry go everything igbo this, igbo that leave them alone and stand for the truth and mind ur business if u have nothing better to contribute other than to insult igbos |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by aljharem(m): 5:13am On May 03, 2011 |
pleep: i believe I and ndu chuks have never made any tribal remarks on issues we are not tribalist |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EkoIle1: 5:17am On May 03, 2011 |
alj harem: You must have missed my last post, here Looks like your usual rubbish so I'll gladly not waste my breath on such nonsensical post, I can't believe this clown is trying to dictate to me what I can and can not say. What are you smoking gan sef? |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by ChinenyeN(m): 5:25am On May 03, 2011 |
Okay. You're using [i]empire [/i]figuratively. I can understand that now, though I don't entirely agree. Not with with what you're saying and certainly not with the current topic at hand. At least, let's just say that I won't be holding my breath over this thing people are trying to interpret as the emergence of some kind of SE-SS coalition. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by karlmax2: 10:26am On May 03, 2011 |
@Eko Ile: your south west is the biggest losers as things unfold in nigerian politic live with that and continue paying tribute to your BABA ALAYE (tinubu) who owns you and your so called south west ur zone except ondo is own by an area boy turn politician you knw who keep yapping ibo(igbo) this and that, The south west would continue to pay tinubu 25% of there federal allocation and tax!!! Go think about that and leave the south east and south south to do their thing losers did u hear any mention of the south west in the aticle so maintain ur local champion status in ur zone mumu |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 1:57pm On May 03, 2011 |
This is wonderful news. People had disparaging remarks against the SE, but we are simply building up coalitions with our neighbors. SE + SS = Unstoppable Force The Old Eastern Region is Back! |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by seanet02: 3:15pm On May 03, 2011 |
karl max:Yes jare The south east is now under a Northern Dominated Party's control. Ibos no get brain i tell you. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by seanet02: 3:25pm On May 03, 2011 |
Chyz*:i wonder what The likes of Okadigbo, enwerem, pius anyim and nnamani did for the gully erosion pervaded ibos when they were senate president? Political positions does not translate to economic and grassroot development Sir Were! |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 3:38pm On May 03, 2011 |
I find it funny that the SW is in opposition again. There cannot be two titans in the South. One must give way for the other. Chineke has blessed the SE and SS tremendously. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by seanet02: 3:48pm On May 03, 2011 |
EzeUche_:Typical ibo man always favouring the personal advancement of their pocket to Regional Development. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 3:52pm On May 03, 2011 |
seanet02: Is your region more developed than the SE? I do not think so. . . Anambra, Imo, Enugu and even Abia is more developed than the entire SW with the exception of Lagos for obvious reasons. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by seanet02: 4:00pm On May 03, 2011 |
EzeUche_:Intellectual Dishonesty! Abia ke? A state that can not match the number of Operating industries at Agbara Industrial Estate of Ogun state is what this ediot is celebrating. Now am seeing clearly why it sucks to be ibo. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by EzeUche2(m): 9:53pm On May 03, 2011 |
seanet02: It hurts to realize the truth about things. Yes, I said Abia. The reason why I said Abia, because of Aba, which is the commercial heartbeat of the East. It feels great to be Igbo. |
Re: The Old Eastern Region Is Back! by seanet02: 10:00pm On May 03, 2011 |
EzeUche_:see how he dodge the real question. Abia can not match Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun state. Next, . . . . . . |
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