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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Friday, July 16 2004   news   editorial/opinion   politics & people   focus/record   business   sports   metro   capital market   weekend   golf weekly   Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom today: South-South lawmakers plan summit on 2007 From John Abba Ogbodo, Abuja TO ensure effective participation in the leadership of the country in 2007, the South-South caucus in the National Assembly is planning a summit of stakeholders from the zone. The secretary of the caucus, Paschal Adigwe said this in Abuja on Wednesday during an interview with journalists, that this had become necessary given the deadlock, which ended the summit of the zone held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Adigwe maintained that unless the zone was united quickly, it would not be able to make an appreciable impact on the polity in 2007. Consequently, he said, the caucus was prepared to bring all stakeholders from the zone together to discuss the way forward. "It is only when we are united and unified that we can make any meaningful impact on the polity in 2007. And it is only then that we can ask for a stake. We, in the National Assembly, are prepared to and indeed we are in a vantage position to take the lead to reposition our zone for 2007. It is the leaders that summon people, but now that the caucus is taking the initiative, it can be done by any person," he said. The caucus secretary also dissociated the group from a statement credited to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Victor Attah, that the North should be allowed to produce the next president. Adigwe said that no meeting of the South-South zone had taken such a decision and, therefore, Attah could not have spoken for the entire zone. "Since the entire stakeholders have not come out to speak, Attah's opinion could still be subject to further criticism. The matter has not been conclusively discussed, especially among members of the National Assembly. This issue will be discussed at the next summit," he said. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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