Senate Committee chairman on Science and Technology, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, has assured the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the reported endorsement of Sen. Ahmad Lawan as the next Senate President will not cause any rancour among lawmakers from the South-West.
Boroffice, who is an APC member representing Ondo North Senatorial District, disclosed this on Tuesday after meeting with Lawan in his office.
He noted that the fact that some members allegedly expressed reservations about the endorsement before the party leadership releases its resolution on the zoning arrangement for the presiding officers of both chambers of the National Assembly, did not suggest a crack within the rank of his colleagues.
Boroffice revealed that all the returning senators and the newly-elected ones, who attended the meeting, overwhelmingly supported Lawan’s endorsement.
While admitting that a few members actually believed that the endorsement should have been deferred till when the leaders release the zoning formula, he noted that the argument of the majority in support of the action being carried out immediately was what prevailed.
According to him, “There is no crack in the rank of the APC caucus in the Senate. We are a united force and we all believe and respect the judgment of our party leaders in the South-West. We will always speak with one voice.
“We have officially endorsed the ambition of Senator Ahmad Lawan, and we sincerely hope that our leaders in the party would zone the position of Senate President to the North-East as a way of fast-tracking rapid social and economic development in the region.
“It is a common knowledge that the people of North-East suffered great devastation as a result of the insurgency, which ravaged the entire area, leading to the death of hundreds of people and destruction of property worth billions of naira,” the Senator said.
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