Andy Uba, senator
representing Anambra south senatorial district, says he stands a chance of
becoming senate president if reelected.
The senator, who is of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this on Saturday during his campaign
rally in Orumba north local government area of the state.
He said President Muhammadu
Buhari wanted to “make an Igbo man” senate president in 2015 but he found no
ranking senator in the party then.
He urged the electorate
in the state to support his reelection for that opportunity.
“I’ve a better chance to become the senate president, having been
in the senate for eight years and attained the status of a ranking senator,” PUNCH quoted him as saying.
“President Buhari in 2015
was ready to make an Igbo man the senate president, but he could not find a
ranking Igbo senator from the area in the APC, then.”
He urged the people of
the state to support Buhari’s re-election as well as his own because “senate
presidency is a bigger position than even the governor of a state.”
“So, if we get the senate
presidency, it will mean having something more than a governor in our
district,” he added
“In 2015, did you see
this kind of crowd converge on any part of the state for APC? It did not
happen. The people were aloof and not ready to listen to anyone then who would
talk to them about the APC or Buhari, but today the story is different.
“The people know us, and
when we approach them and tell them that APC is the best place to be, they
don’t argue about it.”
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