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Enyinnaya Abaribe
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Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (born 1 March 1955) is a Nigerian politician who has served as the senator representing Abia South senatorial district since 2007.
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I think we will also say that the 9th Assembly confronts the same problems Nigeria itself confronts. The pandemic also affected our operations, sittings, and even our committee assignments.
Enyinnaya speaks on how is journey has been as a senator in the 9th assembly.
We are doing what we can do, according to the constitution and laws given to the National Assembly. Part of the misconception the public has is that they feel that even if the National Assembly takes decisions, they should also be the one to implement them.
Enyinnaya's reaction to people's perception of him nkt making much impact
I think they are the people losing. Of course we feel they ought to do better. At a particular time, there was a move by the National Assembly to amend the constitution, such that resolutions passed by both the House of Reps and the Senate jointly would amount to an act of parliament, but that did not work out.
What it simply tells us and the world is that you cannot have democracy without democrats
If there’s anybody that’s going to defect to APC, I think I should be the very last one. By the time I will defect, it means that there will be no political parties in Nigeria including the APC.
Abaribe says he'll never defect to APC
Everybody loses elections, and you will see when the time comes. He will lose in 2027 because I know what Nigerians are feeling outside.
Abaribe feeling confident of the outcome of the prospective 2027 election
Tinubu never won the 2023 election, and everybody knows it. But we said fine, he has been declared the winner, no problem. We acknowledge him as president, but we are going to meet him in the field, and I will see how he is going to cobble together what will make him win again.
It won’t work because this time everybody will be ready. It will no longer be an announcement at 3 a.m. before people wake up in the morning.