By Sunny Anderson Osiebe...
The Office of the
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed as false,
insinuations and reports that the Senator could be on his way to the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC, to save his job.
In a statement made
available to reporters in Abuja, the Special Assistant (Political Matters) to
the Deputy President of the Senate on Political Affairs, Hon. Okey Ozoani,
described the reports as “a fantasy of those peddling it”.
He assured the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, faithful and Nigerians that “Ekweremadu is going
nowhere”.
He said: “Senator
Ekweremadu is not contemplating leaving PDP. He is more concerned about fixing the
country’s biting economic and security conditions and other challenges than
saving his job as the Deputy President of the Senate.
“It is his view that
Nigeria has to first exist for us to have political parties to belong to or
political offices to occupy. Studies
have shown a direct relationship between economic conditions and survival of
democracy.
“The primary
responsibility our Constitution places on our government is to cater to the
wellbeing of the citizens as well as security of their lives and property. When
such are threatened, everyone should necessarily get serious and preoccupied
with contributing his or her quota to salvaging the country.
“Besides, he is most
grateful to his colleagues for the confidence they continue to repose in him
and the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. He is grateful for the solidarity
that the Senators have continued to accord them”.
Hon. Ozoani, while
appreciating Ekweremadu’s supporters and well meaning Nigerians who have
continued to contact the Office over recent media reports, assured them that
there was no cause for alarm. He urged them to continue to pray for the Senate
leadership, the Senate, the National Assembly, and indeed the government and
the entire nation.
“By strength alone shall
no man prevail. Therefore, let us get down on our knees and continue to present
the government and the country before God”, Ozoani added.
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