10th Senate: Sen. Kalu indicates interest for Senate Presidency

By Iyojo Ameh

The Chief Whip of Senate Senator
Orji Uzor-Kalu, says he will contest for President of 10th Senate, if the All Progressive Congress (APC) zones the position to the South -East.

Senator Kalu, who stated this while fielding questions from Newsmen in Abuja also said he will not be comfortable for a muslim Senate Presidency.

Senator Kaku said:

” I will not be comfortable with a muslim Senate President because this is a secular state.

“In a secular state, you will need to accommodate interest , and spread to be able to maintain the secularity of the country.

“I believed in a muslim-muslim presidency, but I will not believe in Senate President muslim ,because it will not go fine for our country.

Kalu said he was ready to run for Senate President if the party zones the position to his zone because the party’s decision was supreme.

“And So I will like the party to zone it to my zone, to my village in Igbere because President Tinubu needs people of high character to turn around the economy and work for for the masses, make laws that will enable him turn around the economy, because, I am an economic person, an entrepreneur.”

Kalu said he had sponsored economy boosting bills like the rail way bill that would enable state governments and private sector entities build railways.

The former Abia state Governor said he was the most qualified senator for the position based on Senate rules and his pedigree.

“The Senate has rules, let me be honest with you, if we practice true democracy, I should not be in contest with any body , because apart from the Senate President,Deputy Senate President,the Senate Leader

” I am the next ranking member in the Senate going by the position I occupy today in the 9th Senate.

“It is virtually impossible that the Senate will elect or zone it to a new member to the Senate.

“The Senate is an established institution that needs some body with an experience,some one with the skills and will be able to relate.”

On the conduct of the general elections, Kalu said no elections all over the world is perfect, saying that there were lapses in some aspects of the election.

“We have some lapses, there is no democracy that is perfect, but we must move on, INEC has done the job they can do, it is left for us as lawmakers to tighten the lose in the act where there is a mistake and back for an amendment in the electoral act.

“And I want you journalists to promote where there is lapses .”

He said President -elect Bola Tinubu, when sworn in would stand firm in giving good governance, and would also stand firm with the 10th assembly to amend the constitution to make for an electronic voting process and do away with paper works in elections.

“For me no election is perfect, and President Tinubu is talking about fairness and he will work with the National Assembly in line with human rights to address the issues of economy, electoral processes, police and security and remove the issues around our electoral processes.”

Kalu said he had been part of team Nigeria, and would always be there for Nigerians at all times.

“And I hope that Nigerians will pray for me to be Senate President because it is my turn,”