Mohammad Ndume, senator-elect (APC-Borno South), has
appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the Senate
Presidency to Borno in a bid to draw world attention towards
transformation of the state which had suffered years of Boko Haram
terrorism.
Ndume made the appeal in a chat with reporters in Borno state capital, Maiduguri, on Tuesday, said this would enable justice and fairness.
The senator-elect added that the sign would help in drawing the needed world attention towards transformation the state which had suffered years of Boko Haram terrorism.
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He said: “I think that the North East deserves to get the Senate President slot because the region has suffered years of neglect from previous administrations in the country.
“Borno in particular is most suited because it has suffered years of marginalization.”
He said representatives from the state had not been believed for positions in the National Assembly since 1999.
“We have not been fortunate to preside over any office at the National Assembly since the return of democracy in 1999.
“Although Gombe got the slot of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives some time, Borno and Yobe had never been considered,” the senator-elect said.
He added that it was unfair for some senators in the North Central zone to desire to the office of senate president.
“The North Central zone had had its share as the current senate president is from the zone. I think the North East deserves the seat this time around,” Ndume said.
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The senator appealed to the army to intensify its efforts in searching for the 219 female schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from government secondary school in Chibok on April 14, 2014.
“We believe that the girls are kept somewhere alive by their abductors. The military must strive hard to rescue them to end the agony of their parents and the abductees,” he said.
It should be noted that Ndume, burst into tears after casting his vote during presidential election at the Gwoza camp for internally displaced persons where thousands of his relatives located.
Ndume made the appeal in a chat with reporters in Borno state capital, Maiduguri, on Tuesday, said this would enable justice and fairness.
The senator-elect added that the sign would help in drawing the needed world attention towards transformation the state which had suffered years of Boko Haram terrorism.
READ ALSO: Borno Senator Ndume Votes In IDP Camp
He said: “I think that the North East deserves to get the Senate President slot because the region has suffered years of neglect from previous administrations in the country.
“Borno in particular is most suited because it has suffered years of marginalization.”
He said representatives from the state had not been believed for positions in the National Assembly since 1999.
“We have not been fortunate to preside over any office at the National Assembly since the return of democracy in 1999.
“Although Gombe got the slot of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives some time, Borno and Yobe had never been considered,” the senator-elect said.
He added that it was unfair for some senators in the North Central zone to desire to the office of senate president.
“The North Central zone had had its share as the current senate president is from the zone. I think the North East deserves the seat this time around,” Ndume said.
READ ALSO: Senate Applauds Nigerian Military
The senator appealed to the army to intensify its efforts in searching for the 219 female schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from government secondary school in Chibok on April 14, 2014.
“We believe that the girls are kept somewhere alive by their abductors. The military must strive hard to rescue them to end the agony of their parents and the abductees,” he said.
It should be noted that Ndume, burst into tears after casting his vote during presidential election at the Gwoza camp for internally displaced persons where thousands of his relatives located.
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