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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   ..... NATIONAL NEWS Southern Senators unite on 2007 By Emmanuel Aziken Saturday, December 11, 2004 ABUJA — Senators from  the Southern part of the country Thursday launched their own association called the Southern Senators Forum (SSF) vowing to ensure that only an individual with an outlook towards the collective interests of all sections of the country will succeed President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007. At the formal unveiling of the forum yesterday, a six-man team of Southern Senators was constituted to articulate the political interests and direction of the body. Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (PDP, Imo), convener of the forum at a press briefing at the National Assembly complex, rebuffed suggestions that the forum was created to act as a counter force to the existing Northern Senators Forum (NSF). “Southern Senators Forum is not a response to the Northern Senators Forum, but a response to what we think could be our role towards Nigeria’s development including the issue of 2007,” Ararume announced yesterday. “The Southern Senators Forum has come to stay and it has the support of Senator Wabara. Southern Senators will support anybody who can carry Nigeria forward as President in 2007,” he added. He, however, affirmed that the forum would not pursue its goals at the expense of the continued cohesion of the country. The six-man committee to articulate the interests of the region includes Senators Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP, Cross River); Bob Ekarika (PDP, Akwa Ibom); Ifeanyi Ararume (PDP, Imo); Ike Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu); Iyabo Anisulowo (PDP, Ogun) and Robert Kolesho (PDP, Oyo). The committee, according to Senator Ararume, will liaise with interest groups within and outside the Senate towards uplifting the interests of the region. Elaborating on the direction of the body, Senator Ndoma-Egba (SAN), said the forum was not a counter-force to the Northern Senators Forum. “There are problems that are generally applicable to the South and we are coming together to articulate these things.” “We also have to keep an eye on the political situation in the country. You would remember that Southern Governors met recently and ours is just to complement whatever initiative they are taking in the interest of the region.”   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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