David Mark, How we ‘ll lead National Assembly
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| Senate President David Mark takes oath office while Clerk of National Assembly |
THE CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, DANIEL IDONOR, HENRY UMORU, BEN AGANDE, EMMAN OVUAKPORIE OLASUNKANMI AKONI & INALEGU SHAIBU Horse-trading and politicking, leaders of the Seventh National Assembly were elected yesterday at colorful ceremonies in Abuja.
According to projections, Senator David Mark retained his Senate Presidency post alongside his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. And Rep Tambuwal and his large troop of supporters made good their threat of going against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning formula ceding the speaker ship to the South-West geo-political zone.
Tambuwal, who hails from Sokoto State, North-West was massively elected as Speaker with 252 votes compared to 90 votes garnered by government and PDP-backed Mulikat Akande-Adeola, who hails from the South-West.
In what is panning out as nailing of the PDP power sharing formula, Hon Emeka Ihedioha of the South-East was elected as deputy speaker. With the election, apart from South-West, which has lost the speaker ship, the North-East has also lost the deputy speaker ship just like the South-East lost the National Chairmanship and North-West lost the presidency.
This is as Senate President Mark, Speaker Tambuwal and some new senators unveiled their agenda for the Senate and security agencies almost marred the inauguration.
Mark pledges cut in governance cost
In his acceptance speech, David Mark said his unanimous election by the senators “sends a strong signal about the new Nigerian spirit, the birth of a new National Assembly and increasing maturity of our democracy.”
He promised to continue with the collegiate leadership style that he adopted in the Sixth Senate, adding: “I will preside with the fear of God,” adding that the diversity of representation in the Senate was a consolation that all the senators would bring in their experience to move Nigeria forward.
While emphasizing the need for co-operation and collaboration among the senators as well as co-operation between the other arms of government, Senator David Mark reminded his colleagues that “we are as strong and as effective as the strength of our team work.
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