Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani,
has told the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that it was wrong to think
it could enforce party supremacy on the floor of the Senate.
Nnamani, who spoke at the
public presentation of the book: Nigeria’s Fourth Republic National Assembly:
Politics, Challenges and Media Perspectives, written by Dr Austin Uganwa, on
Monday, said the events of June 9, which led to the failure of the APC to
influence its choices as presiding officers of the National Assembly, occurred
because the party misread the issue of party supremacy.
He stated that once senators
are elected, they become senators of the Federal Republic, adding that once a
Senate President emerged, “he becomes the Senate president of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria,” dumping the partisan toga.
According to him, it was
wrong for the APC to have called a meeting at the same time when the Senate was
to convene, adding that the senators must hold their loyalty to the
constitution at that moment.
The former Senate President
added that “today, we are grappling with the issue of party supremacy. Party is
ephemeral and the legislature should stand for democratic governance for
Nigerians.”
He maintained that party
supremacy could not be enforced on the Senate floor.
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