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‘I Can Remain In The Senate Forever If I So Wish’ – Ekweremadu Boasts

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Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate president has stated that he can maintain his elected office as a sitting Nigerian senator for life, if he is interested in doing so.

Dr. Ekeremadu said this on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at Sheraton Hotel at a public dialogue organised by the #NotTooYoungToRun movement, upon the basis that he has a good rapport with his constituent.

The event, themed: “Youth Candidacy and the Future of Nigeria Beyond 2019”, is a series of political engagement aimed at broadening the political participation of young Nigerians ahead of the elections next February.

“I’m in total touch with my people and that is why if I want to remain in senate forever, I will,” Mr Ekweremadu told young aspirants on the platform of PDP,” the senator from Enugu State is quoted as saying.

He charged the aspirants to always reach out to their immediate constituencies, adding that it is the
only way to remain relevant in politics.

“PDP is not a home for urban politicians, for young people,” he said. “If you want to participate in politics, you have to pay your dues and the best place to pay your dues is your local community. That is where we all started from.

“Don’t think you will go to the House of Reps or House of Assembly by running around Wadada Plaza, it’s not going to work.”

On the record, Ekweremadu has been a senator for over 10 years.

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