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Kalu insists on running for role of deputy Senate president

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Senator-elect for Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, insists that he is in the contest for the role of Deputy Senate President’s position in the incoming Ninth National Assembly.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator-elect revealed that much while fielding questions on Monday from journalists at the Presidential Villa while on his way to deliver a letter from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, to President Muhammadu Buhari.

When asked where the deputy senate president should come from, the former Abia governor replied: “Well, I am going to be contesting on the floor of the senate. I am waiting for the party to zone and, if the party continues to hold it, and don’t zone it, I will contest on the floor of the house”.

On his position on the selection of the leadership of the Ninth National Assembly, Kalu said: “I have already endorsed Ahmad Lawan for senate president.

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“That is sacrosanct in my mind and I am appealing to other parties; let us have only one candidate in the senate, instead of going to drag about it.

“So, we are on course. On Sunday, when I returned from Venezuela, Lawan was with me in the house and I became the 56th APC senator to endorse him and signed.
“As I am talking to you, now, we are having two more people who are in Makkah, one senator from Katsina and the other from Lagos. Fifty eight senators are going to be signing in and we have the majority to make him, senate president.”

Kalu also spoke on his contribution to the Ninth Assembly

“Well, we are going to expect a lot of cooperation between the Legislature and the Executive and, I am sure, as most of you know very well, we are going to have bi-partisan support; not blind support in any way to the executive but we are going to have a very good working relationship, where we follow the rules of the house and the rules of the executive,” the former Abia State Governor added.

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