Vice-President Kashim Shettima has asked senators-elect to
“vote wisely” when the upper legislative chamber is inaugurated next week.
The senate will elect its presiding officers for the 10th
assembly on Tuesday.
Speaking during the ninth senate’s valedictory session on
Saturday, Shettima told the lawmakers that the stability of the country is
greater than that of their pockets.
There have been allegations that some senate president
hopefuls are using money to woo senators-elect to vote for them.
Although the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nominated
Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, for the position of
senate president, Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara, and Orji Uzor
Kalu, chief whip, have insisted on vying for the position.
The vice-president said the country’s interest should inform
who they elect as senate president and deputy.
“To my incoming colleagues, I will leave you with a parable,
‘the stability of this nation is superior to the stability of our pockets’. On
Tuesday, let us vote wisely, let us vote for the Nigerian nation,” he said.
The number two citizen described his colleagues as “friends
who have become an integral part of my history”.
“We have served shoulder to shoulder in the face of
adversity and worked relentlessly for the betterment of our nation,” he said.
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