Ekweremadu
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday asked the All Progressives Congress government in the country to provide good governance because Nigerians are expecting delivery of democracy dividends after campaigns and elections.
Ekweremadu stated this when he hosted the Coalition of Election Observers, who were in his office for a courtesy call.
He urged the APC to form policies and programmes that would benefit majority of Nigerians irrespective of political affiliations.
Apparently referring to the statement credited to President Mohammadu Buhari, where he was quoted to have said the election of Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President was unacceptable, Ekweremadu said the sanctity of ballot box must be respected.
He cited the case of President Goodluck Jonathan who conceded defeat in the 2015 general election to the opposition party.
He also advised the political leaders across the African continent to borrow a leaf from Jonathan, pointing out that he has saved Nigeria from crisis by refusing to be pressured towards challenging the sanctity of the ballot box.
Ekweremadu stated that the 8th National Assembly will further amend the Electoral Act to make the 2019 elections more credible and acceptable than that of 2015, adding that the alterations made on the 2010 Act has yielded important results.
He said, “We are about to form legislative agenda for the 8th Senate. This will include electoral reforms
“As I said in the beginning, we have finished with politics, what is remaining now is governance and this country belongs to all of us and the constituents are not interested whether you are APC or PDP.
“What they want is good governance and we must unite as a people to give Nigeria good governance. The issue of bickering and differences does not have any place in the minds of our people. What they want is performance, they want to see good governance and we must unite.”
The Convener of the coalition, Dr. Nwambu Gabriel, condemned the Amnesty International’s report on civil rights abuses by the Nigerian military.
The Coalition urged Senate to also condemn what it described as Amnesty’s “blatant act of irresponsibility” as well as defend the military.
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