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A caucus of serving and former members of the House of Representatives under the auspices of the Faculty Board of Initiatives and the Coalition of South South Community for United Nigeria for Justice and Equity has said that the leadership of Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Jibrin Barau will provide the balanced diet that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu needs to rejig Nigeria.
Dean, of the Faculty Board lof the Initiatives, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh who made the declaration at a world press conference in Abuja on Monday urged senators-elect to vote for the duo on Tuesday.
“I want to tell my Distinguished Senators-elect that Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Jibrin Barau are the only balanced diet that provide the required legislative impetus for the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu led administration to actualise its Renewed Hope Agenda.
“It is on record that Senator Akpabio and Senator Barau have been tried, tested and confirmed competent reliable and efficient. And for one to be Senate president, one needs to be educated and competent and Senator Akpabio’s competence is not in doubt.
“As an experienced and renowned lawyer, Akpabio will being his vast knowledge of law to bear on the running of the Senate. And this is what Nigeria needs at this time. We, therefore call on the distiguished senators-elect to reject Mercantile aspirants and vote for competence and experience”, he stated.
He said with Akpabio as President of the Senate, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will deliver on its campaign promises.
According to him, the 10th Senate, under the leadership of Akpabio, will initiate many reforms that will change the fortunes of the country around.
Eseme, former spokesperson of the House of Representatives in the 6th Assembly said: “What is going on in the National Assembly is very democratic. It has given credence to the fact that the current administration is operating on the platform of democracy.
“When the president called the senators-elect and members of the House of Representatives-elect it was to simply appeal to all of them and they saw reason with him.
“Out of all the people aspiring will not be able to stand side-by-side with Akpabio.
“I have already mentioned the electricity act. Such a reform, it will lead to setting up the legal framework about its implementation.
“States won’t just apply to generate electricity, there has to be a standard process to which that is done because there will be FDI in that aspect.
“There will also be a need to look at the issue of ease of doing business and Nigeria enterprise promotion.”
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