APC Can’t Stop Me From Becoming The Next Deputy Senate President – Uzor Kalu
March 28, 2019
Orji Uzor Kalu
Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia state, has indicated interest in contesting the position of the deputy senate president in 9th national assembly.
Kalu, who is also Abia north senator-elect, wants the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the position to the south-east in the interest of equity and justice.
Speaking with journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday, Kalu said he was aware that the APC, which had the majority in the senate, had zoned the senate president position to the north-east and the deputy-senate president to the north-west.
Noting that he is a loyal party member, he said he would not listen to the APC if it tries to deter him from his ambition.
“I am a very loyal party man. The party has zoned the senate presidency position to the north-east and I want to respect the party’s will. But the second position is what we are not going to allow to leave the south-east,” he said.
“So, as far as I am concerned, in the south-east, I am going to run openly on the floor of the house for the position of deputy senate president.
“I am not going to listen to the party neither will I listen to anybody. Nobody that wants to be the deputy senate president is more loyal than I am to the party.
“I have suffered for the party and have been called by Nigerians to come out. I want the party to respect the will of every other person and I am committed to democracy and contesting on the floor of the house.”
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He said it was only fair that the position was retained in the south-east, noting that both President Muhammadu Buhari and Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, were well aware of this.
“So, if justice must prevail, you have to bring the senate president from the north-east and you bring the deputy-senate president to the south-east,” he said.
“The chairman of the party is from south-south. The president is from north-west. The vice-president is from south-west and also the senate president will come from north-east.
“So, for me, the tripod in Nigeria is Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa and we are going to get the deputy senate president and I will fight on the floor of the house like no other person has fought.
“That is not challenging the party but this is about looking for justice. Buhari said recently after the elections that he will be addressing issues of injustice and this is part of the issue.”
He said he was qualified for the position, being member of the house of representatives from 1991 to 1993 and also a two-time governor.
“I know the nook and crannies of how legislators operate. I have dealt with them and I am not a newcomer. So, it is going to be impossible to edge me out or edge a whole zone out by claiming we are newcomers,” he said.
“What I am fighting for is justice, fair play and for Nigeria to continue to be one. I have suffered in fighting for the unity of the country. They cannot use national assembly or petty house officers to divide the country.
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