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Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity has decried attempts by some to worsen the bad relations between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, saying that the feud between both men could soon be settled.
ABUJA - Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity has decried attempts by some to worsen the bad relations between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, saying that the feud between both men could soon be settled.
Also rebuffing calls on the Senate to intervene into the crisis of confidence between the nation's two top political office holders, Senator Ndoma-Egba said the PDP dominated Senate would resist any attempt by the minorities parties to raise the issue in the Senate. According to him, any such intervention by the minority parties through the Senate would only be used for their own partisan political advantage.
Senator Ndoma-Egba spoke to newsmen at the weekend in Ikom, Cross River State during a reception organized by his constituency for him, Governor Donald Duke and Power and Steel Minister, Senator Liyel Imoke.
"It is not a very healthy thing, it is not very healthy to see that level of governance speak with divergent views, but at the same time, I don't think that the situation is not as bad as we want to make it.
"There is still a chance that things could still be remedied and rather than fanning embers, I would rather we emphasise the need for that level of governance speak with one voice," he said optimistically.
Affirming the irrelevance of a Senate intervention at the moment, he said:
"The Senate is made up of Senators from different parties. The President and the Vice-President belong to the PDP and the only mechanism that I will see the Senate using is through the PDP caucus because I don't see how it will interest an AD or ANPP Senator whether a PDP President and Vice-President are quarreling. They would rather benefit from it than intervene."
He equally reiterated the pledge by several other Senators that the Senate would not consider Senator Arthur Nzeribe's proposal that the two fighting men be separated.
"The Senate as an institution will be handicapped in intervening in this matter. I think it is too early, it is not the moment that you have a disagreement with your spouse that you give her a divorce and besides, both of them are enjoying a mandate and separating them will be claiming to breaking the mandate on behalf of those who gave them and I believe that that process has to be used as a very last resort."