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The All Progressives Congress, APC Northwest Youth has said that making senator Jibrin Barau from kano state the next senate president will be good for the interest of the party, , the President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the country at large.
The APC youth wing described Barau as a lawmaker with vast experience, whose emergence as the leader of the senate will mark the begining of progress in the Tinubu administration.
In a statement by Abdulhamid Umar Moh'd, he said Barau will work hand in hand with president-elect, Tinubu to ensure speedy passage of bills that will propel the growth and development of country.
He argued that "In as much as there is checks and balance of power, the relationship between presidency and the senate needs to be cordial in order to pass neccessary bills without delays and resolve issues of national importance."
He said " It is heart warming to note that Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu in history has remain someone who doesn't make decisions based on sentiment, but rather on merit and competence.
"Judging from the perspective of the APC as party in terms of zoning the seat of senate president, Northwest deserves to produce the next senate president - Religious background should not prevent Barau Jibrin from kano to become the next senate president, as he is competent.
"The National assembly arrangement and scheme of work is not base on religious or ethnic sentiment, and rather based on competence.
"Barau Jibrin from kano has all it takes to led the senate. We believe he will work hand in hand with the country led by Ahmed Tinubu to foster growth and development. In as much as there is checks and balance of power, the relationship between presidency and the senate needs to be cordial in order to pass neccessary bills and resolve national based issues.
"Lets also remember that the bulk of votes coming from entire South East is not up to what kano produced to make tinubu president-elect.
And that is why Barau deserves senate president seat He is from Kano. Highest ranking Senator (4th timer) and has given a whopping 220,000 votes for Asiwaju & APC in the last election. Nearly twice the votes we got from the entire South East zone and one third that of the South South.
"Supporting him as the next Senate President is in the best strategic interest of our party, the APC," Moh'd reiterated