As the members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly jostle for the leadership of the 10th Assembly, the Committee of Youth on Mobilization and Sensitization (CYMS) has described the Member representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State as the image of the Southern rep members and the right man to serve as the Deputy Speaker.
The CYMS Boss, Chief Obinna Nwaka the Director General said this during an interview with news men shortly after his close door meeting with the law maker and his northern political ally Hon Saeed Alhassn Haske in Abuja.
He described his nomination and endorsement by the party as a welcome development and thanked the President Elect, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Sen Kashim Shettima for their endorsement.
He emphasize that with Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu as the Deputy Speaker in the 10th Assembly, Nigerians will enjoy transparent legislative process, swift intervention to national issues and a good synergy between the Executive arm of government and the Senate.
Chief Obinna Nwaka, who hails from Imo stood with the decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and urged other law makers from the Southern part to support his nomination for equity and fairness. He added that Imo had produced a Deputy Speaker under the PDP regime and an Abia lawmaker would not be a bad idea if allowed to serve as a Deputy Speaker for the 10th National Assembly.
Nwaka who also served as a APC Member of Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 general elections and a former Director Planning and Strategy of the Presidential Support Committee under the Presidency appealed to the Members elect across the party lines to collectively support and ensure that Hon Benjamin Kalu emerged as the Deputy Speaker.
In addition, Hon Saeed Alhassn Haske a Chieftain of APC from Kano and former aspirants said the lawmaker, despite being a frontline and Deputy Speaker hopeful, is also a detriblazed leader who has built political bridges across every part of the country and a legislator per excellence.
Nwaka added that Kalu will assist the Federal Government especially the Asiwaju and Shettima led administration to stabilize the national assembly, tackle the restiveness, unrest and tension in the South East which requires political solution.
