Group Canvases Support For Saraki As Senate president

The Coordinator of the North Central Coalition for Positive Change has drummed support for Senator Bukola Saraki for the position of Senate president in the 8th Senate. The 8th Senate is expected to be inaugurated on June 4, 2015. The Coordinator of the North Central Coalition for Positive Change, Hon. Lachang Faden, stated the resolve of the group to back Saraki for the job in Jos on Tuesday. Faden explained that the political group, with a strong grass roots base in all the states of the North Central and the Federal Capital Territory, will add its voice to the candidature of Saraki when the time comes. Faden, who was a one-time coordinator of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Presidential Campaign Organisation in Plateau State, described Senator Saraki as an astute, amiable and detribalised leader, who is working tirelessly to cement the different fault lines of ethnic and religious divides in the zone for the emergence of a stronger and virile North Central. The group called on all Nigerians irrespective of their zones and other affiliations to support the aspiration of Saraki, whom he said has distinguished and rare leadership qualities. He said Saraki has exhibited some of these qualities as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum in the recent past.