Senate presidency: Pastors back Akume

From ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna

Tiv Pastors and Min­isters Forum Nigeria INC (TPMF), yester­day said the North West and North East can­not produce President elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and Senate president, insisting that the North Central should be allowed to produce the Senate presi­dent, in the spirit of fairness and justice.

In a statement signed by  the group’s President, Pas­tor Vitalis Yahemba, a copy of which was made available to Daily Sun in Kaduna, the group noted that it came to the conclusion to back the North Central, after its emergency meeting in Kaduna.

The group said it was throwing its weight behind one of its own, and called on Nigerians to adopt Senator George Akume, from Benue State, for the position.

“For the number one and number three citizen of the na­tion to come from core North, will be interpreted by many to mean that the North Central is ignored and marginalised despite the zone’s massive support for All Progressives Congress (APC), in the recent 2015 polls,” the group said, adding that denying North Central zone the chance to produce the Senate President would also confirm the asser­tion that the minorities in the North are willing tools in the hands of the majority.

“We support Senator George Akume for senate president from the North Cen­tral zone without bias because Senator Bukola Saraki hails from the Yoruba tribe from Kwara State North central. The vice president-elect also is from Yoruba tribe.

“Saraki joined APC last year. Senator Abdullahi Ad­amu, though a ranking sena­tor, only joined APC from the PDP when the latter had crisis, in 2014. Also, the North East zone where some are advocat­ing that the eighth National Assembly Senate President should come from, is also part of the core North.

 

 

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