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Please feel free to update. Those are the names I presently have on the senate side but I am still researching for the rest of the Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta, Rivers, Abia and Anambra senators through the numerous online papers.
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What they said on the debate about elongation.
Christopher Nshi (PDP, Ebonyi North): “I am a member of the PDP. Every member of the PDP should support the amendment of the constitution. My constituents, my family and I support tenure elongation of four more years for the President and my governor.”
Fidelis Okoro (PDP, Enugu North): “I support power rotation North and South and I want to say that there should be rotation at the state level. I am a loyal party member of the most popular party in Africa. I support extension of tenure for the President.”
Julius Ucha (PDP, Ebonyi Central): “My position is that nothing in this world is possible except what is ordained by God. If the proponent of the third term is doing it with faith in God, to reduce corruption and to foster unity nothing including intimidation can stop them.”
Ben Obi (PDP, Anambra Central): “The position that I saw from my people when I met with them was that apart from a football match nothing has as much united them as opposition to elongation. We should institutionalise our institutions and not personalise them and may God give everyone of us the grace and courage to do the right the thing and no to third term.”
Ugochukwu Uba (PDP, Anambra South): “I need to comment on the so-called issue of public opinion that it should be postponed until after the present incumbent. Is it public opinion or the views of a vocal minority? At any point in time we want to make amendments, there must always be an incumbent. Most countries do not have tenure, if somebody is not doing well, after four years he is voted out.”
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Cut and keep for your records: State by state tally of senators’ stand
Posted to the Web: Saturday, May 20, 2006 The constitution amendment bill, it is well known, had since been buried in both the Senate and House of Representatives. But for posterity and record purposes, Saturday Vanguard finally brings to you, our dear readers, the position of ALL the 108 Senators (excluding the Senate President, Ken Nnamani) on the contentious tenure elongation. F stands for those in support, A = Against, U = Undecided. ABIA STATE Chris Adighije (A) Uche Chukwumerije (A) Adolphus Wabara (A) ADAMAWA Jonathan Zwingina (F) Jubril Aminu (F) Iya Abubakar (A) AKWA IBOM Bob Ekarika (F) Effiong Bob (F) Udoma Udo Udoma (A) ANAMBRA Ugochukwu Uba (F) Ben Obi (A) Joy Emodi (U) BAUCHI Baba Tella (A) Bala Adamu (A) Abubakar Maikafi (A) BAYELSA Iniatimi Rufus Spiff (F) John Braimbaifa (U) David Brigidi (U) BENUE Fred Orti (A) Daniel Saror (A) David Mark (F) BORNO Omar Hamgbada (A) Sanusi Daggash (F) Mohammed Abba Aji (U) CROSS RIVER Bassey Ewa Henshaw (F) Greg Ngaji (F) Ndoma Egba (F) DELTA Patrick Osakwe (F) James Manager (U) Felix Ibru (U) EBONYI Emmanuel Agboti (F) Christopher Nshi (F) Julius Ucha (F) EDO Osehreinmen Osunbor (F) Victor Oyofo (F) Daisy Danjuma (A) EKITI Clement Awoyelu (F) James Kolawole (A) Bode Olowoporoku (A) ENUGU Ike Ekweremadu (F) Fidelis Okoro (F) * Ken Nnamani, Senate President, presided over the debate. FCT Isa Maina (F) GOMBE Tawar Wada (A) Saad Mohammed (A) Haruna Garba (A) IMO Aze Ajoku (F) Ifeanyi Ararume (F) Arthur Nzeribe (F) JIGAWA Maitama Yusuf (A) Mohammed Ibrahim (A) Dalha Dan-Zomo (A) KADUNA Isaiah Balat (A) Mohammed Aruwa (A) *Dalhatu Tafida did not speak at all KANO Rufai Hanga (A) Hayatu Gwarzo (A) Usman Umar (A) KATSINA Kanti Bello (A) Abu Ibrahim (A) Umar Tsauri (U) KEBBI Sani Sami (A) Sani Kamba (A) Farouk Bello (A) KOGI Nicholas Ugbane (F) Mohammed Ohiare (F) Tunde Ogbeha (F) KWARA Simon Ajibola (U) Ahmed Mohammed (A) Gbemi Saraki (A) LAGOS Musiliu Obanikoro (F) Olorunnimbe Mamora (A) Tokunboh Afikuyomi (A) NASARAWA Abubakar Sodangi (F) Emmanuel Okpede (F) John Danboyi (F) NIGER Isa Mohammed (F) Idris Kuta (A) Nuhu Aliyu (A) OGUN Ibikunle Amosun (F) Tokunbo Ogunbanjo (F) Iyabode Anisulowo (F) ONDO Hosea Ehinlawo (F) Gbenga Ogunniya (F) Titus Olupitan (A) OSUN Akinlabi Olasunkanmi (F) Felix Ogunwale (F) Iyiola Omisore (F) OYO Robert Koleosho (F) Abiola Ajimobi (A) Teslim Folarin (F) PLATEAU Ibrahim Mantu (F) Cosmas Niagwan (F) Timothy Adudu (A) RIVERS Martyns-Yellowe (F) Lee Maeba (F) Azuta Mbata (U) SOKOTO Sule Yari Gandi (A) Badamasi Maccido (A) Umar Dahiru (A) TARABA Abdulaziz Ibrahim (F) Ambuno Zik Sunday (F) Saleh Danboyi (A) YOBE Jalo Zarami (A) Mamman Ali (A) Usman Albishir (A) ZAMFARA Lawali Shuaibu (A) Mohammed Anka (A) Saidu Dansadau (A)
FOR = 48 AGAINST = 50 UNDECIDED = 9 DID NOT SPEAK = 1 TOTAL 108
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Guys, guys, guys, let’s be reasonable with our argument here for if we’re to be totally honest, we should recognize that adighije and nwagbara do not by any way belong in the group to be glorified as their involvement with the education ministry N50 million bribe is all too recent to even pretend to have not happened. Is there any remnants of doubt left with any thinking Igbo what these two efulefus particularly nwagbara would’ve done had they not been so publicly humiliated? Was nwagbara not a poster boy for kong obasanjo up till when he was shoved off the boiling wagon? To see what type of corrupt men they are, their activities prior to now must be in focus, which a little tidbit have been given. To believe that these two blatant obasanjo former stooges raised voice against his third term madness on principle and not revenge is to believe that the awusa never killed innocent women, children elderly and sick in 1966. So, the people who see them as eminence despite their flawed history are only trying too hard but failing to re-write history to create something that was not there. I’m actually surprised that some people bought hook, line and sinker into markus weber’s BS.
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Way1, what in the world are you talking about, credit to "adighije and nwagbara?" Please! And yes I've given credit to HONORABLE KEN NNAMANI, so what's your point??
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quote:Moving on to SE/SS president (2) Thursday, May 25, 2006 P Ochereome Nnanna
We started this essay last Monday by making three main assertions. Number one was that Nigerians were united in the fight against tenure elongation because it was immoral, unfair, unjust and an undemocratic slap on the face of the 1999constitutions and those of the Nigerian people. The second was that not everybody who participated in that fight is automatically a hero or patriot. Those who fought for their pockets or to feather their selfish political nests without caring a hoot for the overall well-being of the nation do not qualify as heroes. But those who fought on the basis of its principles of justice, fairness, good conscience and genuine democracy were the heroes.
Questions?
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