2023: Edo North Deserves Senate Presidency — Sen Alimikhena
- Seeks support for 3rd term bid
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The lawmaker representing Edo North senatorial district, Senator Francis Alimikhena says that aside from accelerated massive job opportunities and infrastructural development, Edo North deserves the Senate Presidency come in 2023.
He said returning to the Senate now will be in the best interest of all of us in Edo North and would position the Senatorial district on a good stead to chase the Senate Presidency in the 10th National Assembly.
Senator Alimikhena spoke at his Igiode residence while addressing a crowd of All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftains, leaders, and Ward executives in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, to declare his interest in having another tenure at the Red Chamber in 2023.
In a statement by his Director of Communication, Benjamin Atu, the Senator said: “I was fortunate to be a principal officer in my first tenure in the Senate as Deputy Chief Which because I was the only elected APC Senator in the entire South-South zone in the 2015 general election and returning back to the Senate now will be in the best interest of all of us in Edo North.
“I am here today to thank you for all the support you have been giving to me all along since my election to the Senate in 2015. I am also here to declare my intention to seek re-election.
“As I have always said in all my campaigns, “I will never Surcharge what belongs to Edo North; and in this regard, I have done everything necessary, including getting out of the box for Edo North. I have facilitated employment for our youths in various Federal agencies while some others are federal commissioners and agency Chairman respectively.”
Further outlining his interest in returning to the upper legislative Chamber, Senator Alimikhena, is the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing, said; “Parliament is not an executive branch of government, the function of Parliament is to make Laws in ensuring good governance. I have initiated several Bills and Motions in the Senate most of them have passed the third reading and are in the Presidency waiting for assent. The Bills waiting for assent also include the upgrading of Auchi Polytechnic to a University.
“In our desire as lawmakers to fill in the gap in terms of infrastructural development, I have not let Edo North down. We have done several roads while many others are still ongoing.”
According to the Senator, who is also a member of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review; “Edo North was submerged and we have intervened through several erosion control measures, we have built schools, established various skill acquisition centres, including a World-class Dialysis centre at the Auchi General Hospital as well as a regular empowerment program for our youths and Women.
“I have done it before and I am set to do much more. I am here to seek your support and your votes in the forthcoming APC Primary election.”
