• Commends Jonathan
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Senate President David Mark yesterday said Nigeria must justify the support of Africa and the world on the election of the country into the United Nations Security Council.
Senate also congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan, the government and people of Nigeria on the election which was described as a landmark achievement.
Mark noted that the election was a clear indication of acceptance of Nigeria's contributions to world events and urged Nigeria's representative at the security council to display commensurate competence for the job.
"He must be equal to the task that is expected of Nigeria; it places a greater responsibility on us and we need to prove to the rest of the world that we deserve the position," he said.
Moving the motion earlier, Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, said with the election, Nigeria had once again been placed at the centre stage of global politics.
He recalled that this was the fifth time since 1960 that Nigeria would be elected to the United Nations Security Council and the second time under the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan, the first being in 2010-2011.
Seconding the motion, Minority Whip Solomon Ganiyu noted that the election showed that the country was taking the right position in the comity of nations and hoped that "we will continue to do the right things that will help us secure our demand for a a permanent seat in the security council."
On his part, Water Resources Committee Chairman, Heineken Lokpobri, said: "Our troops have in the past, done well in peace missions abroad and Nigeria's election as non-permanent member of the UN security council as an acknowledgement of the services," while Senator Nenadi Usman saw it as a challenge for Nigeria to raise its standing level in all sectors of the country's economy."
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