JOB Opportunity Will Be Created While Nigeria In IPU

JOB Opportunity Will Be Created While Nigeria In IPU

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Saturday, said that an unusual deft move by the Nigerian delegation to the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parlaimentary Union (IPU) broke the 59 old jinx and made Nigeria a member of the body’s Executive Committee.

According to them,  the milestone will in turn create job opportunities for Nigerians.

Speaking first to journalists on their arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja from Angola where the event took place, the deputy speaker said that Nigeria was happy with the development, stressing that it has henceforth granted her access to major parliamentary decisions of the global community.

Kalu who initiated the idea and nominated Akpabio for the position said the Senate President was competent and most qualified for the job.

He said: “Nigeria has decided to take their place in Africa and also the World. Over the years, from 1964 till now, Nigeria has not been a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parlientary Union (IPU).

We saw that as a 59-year-old jinx that needed to be broken and we saw a competent leader of the delegation in the person of the President of the Senate.

When I saw that other West African countries wanted to take over that slot, I said no and we moved a motion that Nigeria was interested in it.

And if that is not a great achievement for this delegation, I wonder what is. And secondly, through his help and our synergy, we chose a candidate.

A candidate that respected Nigeria, travelled all the way to Nigeria to ask for our vote to be the President of the IPU.

The first time it was coming to Africa and for a woman, we queued behind her and we started the international politicking across the entire geopolitical zones in the world. And I want to tell you that again, we won.