9th Assembly: In Kaduna, Northern Youths drum support for Goje as Senate President

 

Supporters of Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje on Thursday held a peaceful rally in Kaduna to drum up support, while endorsing the former Gombe governor for Senate President in the 9th Assembly. 
Speaking after the rally, which was organised under the auspices of Coalition of Northern  Youth organisations (CNYO), North West wing, the supporters described Senator Goje as the most qualified Senator to hold the position among all contenders from the North East. 


Chairman of the group, Engineer Hassan Idris, stated that the choice of a Senate President from the North East has thrown up serious concerns and the need to draw the attention of well meaning Nigerians, particularly, those from the region to the unfair endorsement and purported candidacy of a senator from the region.
Hassan, who stated that the ruling party’s decision to zone the Senate presidency of the 9th Assembly to the North East zone may have been in acknowledgement of the region’s contribution to the party’s entire success at the recently concluded 2019 polls. 


He said as a group, they have decided to reject any purported endorsement of Senate President contender from North East by the national leadership of APC other than Goje.
The CNYO admitted that each of the contending Senators for the post, Senator Ali Ndume and Senator Ahmed Lawan are both eminently qualified to vie for the office of the Senate Presidency because they have contributed meaningfully to the growth and development of the region in their individual respective capacities. 
“We also believe that, as ranking members of the Senate, each of these contenders has the requisite wealth of experience to bring to bear as part of the sterling qualities that should define the character of the Senate President. We therefore owe it a sense of duty to demand and insist that, the contenders to the seat of the Senate Presidency must subject themselves to a level playing democratic process of equal opportunity. 


“The North West wing of the Coalition of Northern Youth Organizations is calling on all concerned persons to prevail on Senator Danjuma Goje to declare and run for the presidency of the 9th Senate,” he said.‎The Administrative Assistant to the Secretary APC North West Zone, Malam Suleiman Adamu, in a short remarks, told the group that their letter will be delivered to the party’s North West zonal secretary, who will forward it to the National Secretariat for action as requested.‎

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