Dump Existing Ranking Rule And Pick Me As Senate President—Gov Requests

<h4>Dump Existing Ranking Rule And Pick Me As Senate President<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a south eastern governor of Nigeria&comma; Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has told the leadership of the National Assembly&comma; especially the Senate to dump its existing ranking rule and pick him as the next Senate President&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This call came on Wednesday in Abakaliki when governor Umahi addressed members of the state executive council&comma; saying that he is eminently qualified for the position of Senate President&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The outgoing Ebonyi State governor won the senate contest in the February 25 election on the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC platform which has qualified him to b member of the 10th National Assembly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I appeal to the party’s national leadership&comma; the president-elect and his vice to zone the Senate presidency to South East&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They should also zone the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">House of Representatives speakership to the North-West<&sol;a> as these would calm frayed nerves&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This will show Nigerians that we are on the path of total renewal of the country which it direly needs presently&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The governor urged the Senate to set aside the rule which allowed only high ranking senators to contest for the position&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;God breaks barriers and everyone elected into the Senate is the best&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We should allow God choose who leads the Senate and not set obstacles on our ways&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said that he was presenting himself for the position because he had requisite experience in public service among other experiences&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have been into public service for the past 16 years and being a state governor is more complex&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have made Ebonyi totally an APC state&comma; notching the three senatorial seats and four out of the six house of representative seats&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The south east zone voted massively for the APC as I seek everyone’s prayers and support to achieve the goal&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is however subject to the decision of the party’s national leadership and I will not go against such&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Umahi also urged candidates who lost the 2023 presidential election to withdraw their litigations and support Bola Tinubu to unite the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is time for the country’s leaders to make sacrifices in uniting the country as the task before us is enormous&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;