A contenstant for the position of Senate President, Senator Osita Izunaso, has declared that his determination to lead the Senate of the 10th National Assembly is to fully serve the country for vibrant development.
He urged the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to douse the tension generated by the controversial zoning formula already fouling the political atmosphere of the country by coming up with a zoning arrangement that would guarantee unity and national cohesion.
Senator Izunaso said the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari, and APC under the leadership of Senator Adamu Abdulahi, should as a matter of importance come up with a new zoning arrangement that would not only produce the best among the senators and House of Representatives members-elect as their presiding officers, but be seen by Nigerians and the world at large as meeting the best practices in legislative norms and satisfying the political exigencies of the present Nigeria.
Senator Izunaso spoke on Wednesday during a parley with media executives in his campaign office at The Destination, Abuja, and said the expectations of Nigeria and the entire world were high on the incoming administration and that no efforts should be spared by the present political leaders of the country in meeting the yearnings of the people.
The journalist cum lawyer ranking senator-elect from Imo West Senatorial District, Imo state said he agreed with the position of the National Working Committee (NWC) on the need for “further and better consultations” by all the necessary stakeholders of the party in reaching a workable zoning formula for the principal offices of the National Assembly.
From the statement, Senator Izunaso added that the NWC was ostensibly now satisfied with the zoning arrangement that allocated two major principal offices to a particular region and micro zoned all the four major offices in the National Assembly to individuals rather than zones as in the normal practice.
Senator Izunaso stated that the expectant ascendance of the undisputable greatest democrat and the most successful politician in Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the presidency of the most populous black nation in the world had already raised the hope of a better and greater Nigeria in all aspects, particularly in the enhancement of democracy and good governance, across the globe.
He declared to the media executives that he was in the race to win the senate presidency and give the National Assembly a “clean and fresh breadth” expressed optimism that he would eventually triumph at the election and “make our new President, Asiwaju Tinubu, senators, members of the House of Representatives and the entire nation proud of an Assembly administered by competence, experience, capacity and integrity, comparable, if not better than any in the advanced world”.