We won't give up on Senate forgery case, says Boroffice

Date: 2016-07-21

*The crisis of confidence in the Senate is far from being over.

A member of the Unity Forum – a group of senators opposed to the emergence of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu - yesterday vowed to continue the fight to "restore the integrity of the Senate".

Senator Ajayi Boroffice (Ondo North), who spoke to reporters after picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to contest the Ondo State governorship primary, said they will not rest until the integrity of the Senate is restored.

Boroffice said their fight against the Senate leadership was based purely on principle and not because of hatred for anybody, adding that his group would continue to "fight to ensure that the image of the Senate is redeemed".

He said: "I am one of those people who went to court to challenge the election of the Senate's principal officers and I maintain that we have done that on principle not because we hate anybody. We want to defend the integrity of the senate and the sanctity of the rule of law.

"So, it is not that we are not all working in the same direction. Some of us are speaking out and I hope that you reporters will give expression to our voices when we speak out. "I can assure you that we will not be intimidated. We will continue to fight to ensure that the image of the senate is redeemed so that any senator in Nigeria can raise his head anywhere in the world and describe himself as a senator."

Speaking on the raging controversy and agitation for restructuring of the country, he said: "I pray that we have enough time during the life span of this senate to send the amendment to the constitution to Mr. President for his assent. "If you look at it, you will see that we are already restructuring the country with those amendments. Some of the things that they are in the exclusive list have been brought to the concurrent list and we are actually committed to true federalism and fiscal federalism.

"Some of us are in support of the State police, even though we know it is subject to misuse. We believe that certain items that are now in the exclusive list should be transferred to the state. "So we are doing something about it. We are not making noise about it and by the time we get this amendment through, many Nigerians will know we have done a good job not only in terms of structure but in the area of revenue allocation."

He said Ondo state should be one of the best in terms of economic vibrancy because it is an oil producing state and has second largest deposits of bitumen in the World. "It has natural resources like cocoa, palm oil and coal. But all these remain untapped. If well-harnessed, it will boost the state's economy. We need someone knowledgeable that can help to create jobs and ease our ailing economy.

"We have ceramic, rubber, wood industries that are all dead. If we revive them we will not need to depend on the government. We will plug all leakages and develop a very vibrant economy. "We will run a knowledge-driven economy. We must make sure Nigerians pay their taxes. There are countries that have no natural resource and are doing very well".

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Garba Ado Sanni     Lithium     Alikinla     Christopher Ayeni     Ibrahim Mashood     Amuda Musbau     Jalala     Isaac Gbenle     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Kale Ayo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Labour Party     Jide Oyinloye     Galadima     Sheikh Alimi     Sardauna     Dauda Adesola     Gbugbu International Market     Tosin Saraki     Abdullahi Samari     Abdulkarim Adisa     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Tsaragi-Share     Hajj     Face Masks     Razaq Atunwa     UITH     Ghali Alaaya     Kunbi Titiloye     Babaloja-General     Rebecca Bake     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Kayode Ogunlowo     Kwara University Of Education     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Abdulwahab Oba     Femi Oladiji     Olayinka Olaogun     Bola Magaji     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Emmanuel Bello     Dogara     Old Oyo     IHS     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Funmilayo Mohammed     Yashikira     Agor     April 11     Garment Factory     Pakata Patriots     Universal Basic Education Commission     LABTOP     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Ejidongari     Olatomiwa Williams     Baruba     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Maigida Soludero Transit     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Saliu Oluwole     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Suleiman Ajadi     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Babatunde Idiagbon     Shehu Salau     Yusuf A. Usman     Adesoye     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Agbarigidoma     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Mohammed Lawal Bagega    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Chief Imam Of Offa     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Diagnostic Centre     Garment Factory     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Raheem Adaramaja     Crystal Corner Shops     Yahaya Muhammad     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Alapado     Ilorin South Constituency     Issa Manzuma     Valsolar Consultoria     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Osuwa     NIPOGA     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Niyi Ogundiran     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Kwara State Fire Service     Idowu Aremu     Post Utme     YAKOOYO     IHS Towers     Olaitan Adefila     Kubra Kazum     VADA     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ibrahim Gambari     Sarakite     Tunde Oyawoye     Balogun Gambari     Transition Implementation Committee     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kwara Polytechnic     Nurudeen Mohammed     Fareedah Dankaka     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     National Party Of Nigeria     Alapansapa     Binta Abubakar Mora     Asa     Babajide Ajayi     Emmanuel Bello     Ekiti     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Garba Idris Ajia     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Amusement Park     Vasolar     Congress For National Consensus     Dagbalodo     Aiyedun     Overland     Ahmed \'Lateef     Gbugbu     Share     Quareeb     Hijab     Ayo Opadokun     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Sulu Gambari     Ndakene     Akanji     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Niyi Osundare     Shuaib Jawondo