The Buhari-Osinbajo Support Group in the North East has stated that it’s backing former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume as the 9th Assembly Senate President.
The made this stand known in a statement by its Coordinator, Hon. Salisu Sabo, who added that said supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari in the zone will be queuing behind Ndume.
The statement reads in part, “Senator Ali Ndume is a high ranking senator who has accumulated a lot of experience in the National Assembly as Minority Leader in the House of Representative and Majority Leader in the 8th Senate who is a core Buharist.
“The office of the Senate president requires a sharp and cerebral mind who has an institutional memory of the working of the legislature at all levels and promotion of multi-sectoral and stakeholders partnerships to facilitate sound legislation for good governance,” Sabo said.
The group insisted that Nigeria needs a Senate president that is seen to be associated with popular aspirations and at the same time address national issues from the point of view of a statesman.
“We therefore call on all the distinguished senators-elect to vote Senator Ali Ndume as President of the 9th Senate, not just for the urgent task of the state healing and reconciliation but also towards the equally big task of stability, progress and justice to all irrespective of social, ethnic and religious background,” the statement said.
They hailed Ndume for giving political recognition to the North-east, “especially though constructive engagement with the Executive in the handling of insurgency having built and sustained bridges across the various stakeholders within our national polity and internationally.”
