{"id":39196,"date":"2015-06-06T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=39196"},"modified":"2015-06-06T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:46:48","slug":"parliamentary-ranking-and-the-8th-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/parliamentary-ranking-and-the-8th-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary Ranking and the 8th Assembly\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2397\">\n<blockquote id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2396\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2395\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2447\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2443\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2442\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2441\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2440\" style=\"color: #000000;\">By Mohammed Jamu Yusuf\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2434\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2439\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2438\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2435\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2437\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2436\" style=\"color: #000000;\">In the next couple of days, the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0National Assembly is set to be constituted. This realization has accordingly resulted in the intensification of the leadership battle in the Senate and House of Representatives<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2452\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2455\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2454\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2453\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Top contenders for the Senate Presidency- Senators Ahmad Lawan and Bukola Saraki- and Speaker- Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and Hon Yakubu Dogara- have currently deepened their arsenals thereby heightening the political intrigues and horse-trading. This development has resulted in lawmakers switching camps and, in some cases reinforcing support for their candidates. \u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Apparently; of late, \u00a0\u00a0Lawan and Gbajabiamila have consistently consolidated far more with greater number of lawmakers buying into their candidacy. The reasons are not only far-fetched but justifiable. Latching on Rule 2 of Senate Order that borders on ranking and legislative experience, many lawmakers have now\u00a0 come to the conclusion that Lawan and Gbajabiamila are the \u00a0most suitable for the positions they have expressed interest.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Senate Rule 2 contains: \u201cnomination of Senators to serve as Presiding Officers and appointments of Principal Officers and other Officers of the Senate or on any Parliamentary delegations shall be in accordance with the ranking of Senators. In determining ranking, the following order shall apply \u2013Senators returning based on number of times re-elected; Senators who had been members of the House of Representatives; and Senators elected as Senators for the first time\u201d.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lawan has been in the National Assembly since inception in 1999. He was for the first \u00a08 years member of the House and another 8 years member of the Senate and therefore the highest ranking Senator in the race for the Senate Presidency. Given the intent and spirit of the Rule, the Senator from Yobe state, Lawan is the proper person and most qualified to occupy the seat.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Essentially, Senate cannot afford to move against its own Rule. Doing so will surely render the entire process unjust and may impact adversely on the integrity of the upper chamber. The same applies to Gbajabiamila who has spent 12 straight years in the House; out of which he has been the House Minority Leader for 8 years. He is clearly the most experienced among all those who want to be Speaker and as justice demands should be given the slot.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The framers of the Senate Rule 2 obviously succeeded in reaffirming the significance of legislative ranking and experience and their relevance to leadership position. However, besides boasting of uncommon legislative experience, both Lawan and Gbajabiamila have for long been playing leadership roles in the parliament. The explicit implication is that both of them are evidently round pegs in round holes as far as the presiding positions are concerned. \u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2484\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2483\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2482\" style=\"color: #000000;\">More so, it is imperative for\u00a0 the Senators to collectively favour Lawan from North East based \u00a0on plausible point of equity. Come to think of it, during the recent general elections, the votes that gave All Progressives Congress victory especially at federal level came mostly from the North West, followed by the\u00a0 South West; North East and \u00a0then North Central. As it stands now, \u00a0North West has taken President; South West Vice President; it is only equitable for the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President to go to North East and North Central respectively. To do otherwise is clear perfidy.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2488\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2481\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2480\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2479\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0A cross section of the Senators-elect further pursued this position in a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and APC national chairman, Chief John Adigie-Oyegun . The letter signed by 35 APC Senators-elect contains: \u201cthere were three identified voting blocs that ensured the victory of the APC in the 2015 elections: the Hausa-Fulani bloc, the Yoruba bloc and the Northern minorities\u2019 bloc\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2478\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2474\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2477\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2476\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThus, the Hausa Fulani bloc is represented by the President in this Government. The Yoruba bloc is represented by the Vice President. It has therefore become appropriate and equitable that the Northern minorities\u2019 bloc be given the position of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President to be occupied by Senator Ahmed Lawan and George Akume respectively who are of Northern minorities\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2473\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2472\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2471\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2470\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Their position is apt. For APC to be seen as a just and \u00a0egalitarian platform that accommodates the interest of all sections of the country the party leadership should step in and zone the Senate Presidency to North East and rally support for Lawan based on his towering ranking \u00a0in the Senate; rare legislative experience and unfathomable integrity. \u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2469\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2468\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433597122405_2463\" dir=\"ltr\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jamu wrote from Abuja<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mohammed Jamu Yusuf\u00a0 \u00a0 In the next couple of days, the 8th\u00a0National Assembly is set to be constituted. 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