Sat May 15 2021
Signs and expectations are that at least 10 out of the 109 members of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly are likely to contest for governorship elections in their states, Daily Trust Saturday reports.
Though the lawmakers are yet to formally declare their intentions to join the governorship race, scheming and caucusing around them revealed that it is just a matter of time before they will let out their ambitions.
Since the country returned to democracy in 1999, it has become the tradition of lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly to cross over from the parliament to the executive arm as governors, while second term governors move to the parliament as senators.
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Some long serving Ijaw politicians urged to retire from active politics
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By Jimitota Onoyume
High Chief Lucky Akara Gbeneyei has called on some Ijaw politicians to quit active politics, saying they had not added value to Ijaw areas in Delta state from as politicians.
A statement made available to Vanguard in Warri, Delta state by Chief Gbeneyei who is also the Gbeneyei 1 of Ogulagha Kingdom , the Osunminigbeke Tamara-Asain and the Whale and Independence of the Sea further called on Deltans to support the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for governor in the state come 2023.
The statement titled : A clarion call on some prolonged Ijaw politicians in elective and executive positions to retire home, after making a parallel assessment of their performances with the ones of their contemporaries particularly, His Excellency, Senator Bar Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy President of the Senate from Delta central senatorial district” also harped on some of t