The Northern Elders Forum has issued a warning against the imposition of the 10th Senate President, stating that the 109 senators-elect should be allowed to choose their leaders.
The group also cautioned against religion being a deciding factor in who leads the Senate.
The organisation criticised Vice President Kashim Shettima for his comments that “the worst incompetent Southern Christian is better than the most puritanical Northern Muslim for the Presidency of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The NEF Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, described the Vice President’s statement as “unfortunate” and stated that such utterances would have been avoided had the senators-elect been allowed to pick the Senate President of their choice.
The NEF urged the Tinubu administration to respect the rights and privileges of elected members of the National Assembly to choose their leaders and campaign “for its preferences with sensitivity and decorum.”
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