Miriam Onuoha, a member of the house of representatives,
says she has all the qualifications required to contest for the speakership of
the 10th assembly.
Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, Onuoha, who
recently declared her interest to contest the speakership position said she is
prepared and ready to work in spite of the religious and tribal sentiments
dividing the country.
She said about 198 members have extended their support for
her ambition, adding that politics is not about noise making.
“I have over 200 or about 198 members whom I have spoken to
and I have got their ultimate buy-in in my kitty. Politics is not about making
noise,” she said.
“Yes, I think that a
woman can be a speaker, invariably, that I can be the next speaker of the 10th
house of representatives because I have prepared myself. I have followed
through with the right knowledge, enablement, and requirement.”
She added that she has the required education and has
actively been a member of relevant committees in the house.
“I have the requisite education or qualifications to make
the house of representatives in the first place and don’t take it for a ride
that I am a woman. I survived the labour tsunami in the east, I fought men and
I defeated them and I will do it again here.”
While commenting on the presidential election, the lawmaker
said she was able to deliver her constituency for the party despite the
criticism she received from the people.
“The south-east has remained solidly with the APC. I have
been a solid member of the APC and we have been working. Politics is local, we
have been driving the affairs of the party. I put my billboards in the
south-east running my campaign alongside Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“I know the backlash that I got from the people, yet I was
able to garner over 44,000 votes for myself and for the presidential election,
so, we delivered.
“APC lost in Lagos. In my federal constituency 1, I
delivered and I have evidence. My people love me and they voted for me because
they didn’t want to take the chance of voting for another party.
“South-east is not
the only region that didn’t come up as expected, the north as well, where we
had a lot of inroads from the NNPP. So, I think it is all about building the
nation collectively.
“I am of the new generation, the new order, we don’t want to
bring tribal or religious sentiments that tend to divide us. I am a woman, I
come in peace.”
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