{"id":89771,"date":"2023-06-13T09:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/10th-nass-withdraw-your-statement-on-senate-presidency-ex-lawmaker-tells-shettima"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:30:49","slug":"10th-nass-withdraw-your-statement-on-senate-presidency-ex-lawmaker-tells-shettima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/10th-nass-withdraw-your-statement-on-senate-presidency-ex-lawmaker-tells-shettima","title":{"rendered":"10th NASS: Withdraw your statement on Senate presidency \u2013 Ex-lawmaker tells Shettima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former member of the House of Representatives, Barrister Sani Mohammed Takori has condemned the recent utterances of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima over the Senate President contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President Shattima had declared that, in the current dispensation, \u201cthe worst and incompetent Southern Christian was better than the Northern Muslim in the senate presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Takori in a statement, described the assertion as a direct attack to the North and particularly, North West, Senator-elect, former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul\u2019Aziz Yari.<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmaker, while condemning the position of the Vice President, quickly, urged him to retract his word and ask for forgiveness of the northerners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt aggrieved by this assertion as it comes directly from no other person but the Vice President who is our own, it was quite unfortunate\u201d, he added<\/p>\n<p>Takori, a lawyer, urged President Tinubu to disregard such sentiment as a true democrat and allow free and fair contest in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded President Tinubu of the efforts he and other compatriots made in the struggle for the survival of the current democratic dispensation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are quite aware that President Tinubu is a true democrat, so he would never succumb to undemocratic posture, especially, in the election of National Assembly leadership\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, any attempt to deny Yari from contesting for the Senate Presidency was a clear denial of the right of the entire northern people.<\/p>\n<p>He called on senators-elect to reject any act of imposition by the government and elect leadership of their choice, as that would ensure independence of the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Senators-elect, don\u2019t allow a stooge to lead the Senate if at all you want true democratic development to strive in the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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