SOUTH EAST SENATORS-ELECT DEMANDS EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS

CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT-ELECT TO END THE PERCEIVED MARGINALIZATION OF THE SOUTH EAST BY RESISTING THE PLOT TO TAKE THE SENATE PRESIDENCY TO ANOTHER ZONE

INSISTS IT WILL SUPPORT ANY CANDIDATE OF IGBO EXTRACTION FOR SENATE PRESIDENCY

The Senators Elect from the South East Zone rose from a meeting held today at the maitama residence of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah with a demand for an end to the perceived marginalisation of Ndi Igbo in the affairs of the country.

The South East Senate Caucus, at the end of the meeting that lasted several hours, came up with the following resolutions.

• They observed with dismay the antics of persons with vested selfish interests who having planted themselves around the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu vowed to shut out the South East from the Senate Presidency of the 10th Senate, which to them is unfortunate.

• They stressed that beyond ethnic and religious considerations, in the forthcoming 10th Senate, the Southeast is blessed with ranking Senators-elect including members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who have the cranial capacity, competence, influence, experience and political followership to pilot the affairs of the Red Chamber, stressing that it becomes imperative that the All Progressives Congress upholds the Principle of Natural Justice and Equity which it preaches, by zoning the seat of Senate President to the South East region.

• They opined that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should extend the same democratic opportunity he received from the outgoing administration which gave all aspirants equal opportunity to exercise their fundamental and constitutional rights during the APC Presidential Primaries and should be conscious of the grave implications of zoning and endorsing a candidate from the South-South without any regard for the Southeast, as such moves will no doubt serve as a recipe for Injustice which will culminate to restiveness in the 10th Senate.

• They, therefore, implored the President-elect to be sensitive to the times in Nigeria and ensure that the country continues to thrive on the stance of equity, unity and fairness to the tripod of Nigeria (Hausa Igbo and Yoruba) and the geopolitical zones.

• They, however, opined that the country is already divided along ethnic and religious lines due to the exclusion of the Southeast region, which formed the major reason, the APC received the number of votes from the Southeast and therefore asked the incoming Administration of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu to correct this anomaly by ensuring that the Southeast is allowed to produce the next Senate President.

• They lamented the side-lining of the Southeast from producing the Presidential candidates of the two major political parties before the general elections and stressed that the only means through which the zone can be compensated and given a sense of belonging is for the zone to produce the next Senate President as this will restore confidence of the people from the south-east and indeed all Nigerians in the unity of the country.

• They called on the APC as a matter of national urgency to rise above primordial and political interests and shun the winner takes all syndrome by pursuing ethnoreligious inclusivity and a strong, virile, united, progressive, prosperous, equitable and just democratic nation

• They queried how an average Igbo man would feel if they were to be handed this humiliation as the president-elect begins his tenure bearing in mind that the South East has been denied the chance of producing the president of Nigeria since 1966.
The South South having produced president for six years and also had Deputy Senate President in the outgoing administration. The only zone in the South that has not been favoured is the South East.

• They insisted that the outcry of marginalization by the South East and the entire Igbo should be addressed by the incoming administration rather than aggravating it. The South West has President, the North East has Vice President, it is only just that the least position at the moment that can assuage the South East is the chance to be the President of the 10th Senate.

• On this note, they collectively resolved to support the Southeast aspirants of the APC. They remain committed and have since expanded negotiations with other well-meaning Senators-elect to rally round the South East to ensure that justice, fairness, and unity of the country prevail.

• They remain hopeful that together they shall achieve a harmonious 10th Senate and deepen democracy, fairness, and the unity of our dear country.

The senators who attended the meeting and signed the communique include
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Senator Osita Izunaso, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, Senator Victor Umeh, Senator Ezenwa Oyewuchi, Senator Tony Nwoye, Senator PC Ndubueze, Senator Okey Ezea, Senator Kelvin Chukwu and Senator Osita Ngwu.

Go get your equity where you put your Vote....

I can still remember when Kanu said if APC can not microzone the ticket to the South East then the North should have it


Asiwaju have more votes in Akwa Ibom than the whole South East

I doubt Asiwaju have you to 50,000 votes in the South East.

Akpabio is the next Senate President.

What's wrong if God's will Akpabio becomes the president of the senate, I use to think SE/SS are the same, or what do I know?

SOUTH EAST SENATORS-ELECT DEMANDS EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS

SOUTH EAST SENATORS-ELECT DEMANDS EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS.

SOUTH EAST SENATORS-ELECT DEMANDS EQUITY & INCLUSIVENESS

Dave Umahi and Hope Uzodimma, how far naa?🤡🤡 Hope you guys can see that even if you have all Governors in the South East as APC members, the consideration for Senate President still won't favour you guys cos, there's an unwritten agreement and innate hatred by some group of people to ensure the Igbo man is put down by any means possible.

These days they don't talk about South East putting their eggs in one basket because that narrative is now baseless. They are coming with another foolish story to ensure you are out down.🌚🌚

They have no shame.

In this coming administration, South East will not be among the first 6 positions. That’s political slaughtering

Iykopee:
Dave Umahi and Hope Uzodimma, how far naa?🤡🤡 Hope you guys can see that even if you have all Governors in the South East as APC members, the consideration for Senate President still won't favour you guys cos, there's an unwritten agreement and innate hatred by some group of people to ensure the Igbo man is put down by any means possible.

These days they don't talk about South East putting their eggs in one basket because that narrative is now baseless. They are coming with another foolish story to ensure you are out down.🌚🌚

How much votes did you give APC in the presidential elections? You cannot work in GTB and then go to UBA to ask for salary. You will get nothing in the administration.

Let South East Senators contest for SP nah. Go to election with other Senators. You will get the same percentage of votes that Peter Obituary got in the Core North during the Presidential election

Thank goodness they recognized Tinubu as the president elect.

This guys are funny.

WorldRichest:


How much votes did you give APC in the presidential elections? You cannot work in GTB and then go to UBA to ask for salary. You will get nothing in the administration.

How come APC is the dominant party in South East?

I would rather be in Labour Party and get nothing than being in APC the ruling party and still get nothing.🤡🤡

helinues:
Thank goodness they recognized Tinubu as the president elect.

Another unintelligent reasoning of a ronu

helinues:
Thank goodness they recognized Tinubu as the president elect.

The shameless people have no choice nah. May we not beg our enemies for food as these people are begging their known enemy Emilokan Tinubu for position.

The same Orji Uzor Kalu sitting there took Lawan Ahmed to Buhari and say Ahmed Lawan was the consensus candidate of the Igbos for the Presidential election, same idiot is begging all over the country for SP position from Tinubu