10th Senate: South East needs Senate Presidency to balance the equation – Ifeanyi Ubah

On Monday, May 8, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah expressed his belief that the Senate Presidency should be given to the South-East region, despite the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) voting for the position to be zoned to the South-South. Ubah, who represents Anambra South, argued that having a leader from the South-East in the upper legislative body would promote national unity, especially since neither the presidency nor the vice presidency was zoned to the South-East by the party.

He argued that for the sake of fairness, there should be a “balance of the equation” in the distribution of key positions in Nigeria.

“For me and our people from the South-East, we are still very strong in contesting for the office of the Senate President of Nigeria for the 10th Senate. That is our position for now,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“So, in the course of consultation, we would continue to update Nigerians about our position. But for now, I am still in this studio, the position of the South-East caucus [of the Senate] is that we are going to contest for the Senate President of Nigeria.”

“That is our position for now,” he said, listing Orji Kalu and Osita Izunaso as capable of taking the post.

“I think after the presidential election, I think equity demands that we would sit down and look at every region because we are talking about Nigeria,” the lawmaker added

“Nigeria is not divided on who brings the vote and who does not bring the vote. Are we not part of Nigeria?”

“We need it in order to balance the equation,” he noted.