Anambra South Senator-elect, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah has sided with a group of elected lawmakers in the incoming 9th Senate led by Sen. Ahmed Lawan.
Elected under the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Feb. 23, Ubah is one of the 11 senators-elect who were with Lawan at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.
He revealed that Lawan is a good man with the best experience in the Senate, hence his decision to side with him.
His words, “Lawan is a very good man, and has the best experience, I believe in the Senate. For me it is a free world, it is democracy.
So, I am free, and I am pitching tent with him because I believe he is the kind of leader we need in the 9th Senate,”
Asked why he is mingling with a member of the APC widely seen as an unwanted party in the South East, Ubah said he could not be an island in the Senate.
“It is a choice anybody has to make. I cant be alone in the Senate. If any group comes up and wants to lead the Senate, it is a duty for me to look at them and see if I can pinch tent with them.
What we are trying to bring to Nigeria under YPP is a revolution of change. But I cannot be an island in the Senate.
I must join a group, which I see as progressive like us in YPP. Today, I have pinched tent with Ahmed Lawan,”
“I run the biggest platform in the downstream sector of the economy. If you look at sports, I dont think any individual Nigerian has invested 10 per cent of what I have invested in Nigerian football in the last five years.
When you talk of the maritime sector and other areas, I am big player. This is coupled with the fact that I am also a strict man.
So, I now know what the common man in the street wants and how I can help to change the face of this country. It is very important at this particular point in time.
I am sure you know I am also one of the biggest employers of labour in this country. So, I am coming to the senate with a lot of goodwill for the masses of the Nigerian and most especially for my senatorial district.”
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