The Senator
representing Anambra South, Dr. Andy Uba on Tuesday said he had not committed
any offence that would warrant his recall.
Consequently, he said nobody could call for his recall since
he had not committed any offence in that respect.
A group that called itself, the Dynamic Youth Organization
of Nigeria, had last week claimed that it had commenced the process to recall
Senator Uba over alleged poor performance.
In a statement by his media aide, Mr. Uchem Obi, Senator Uba
said he was unaware of the process to recall him from the senate as he had not
been confronted with any allegation of wrong-doing to warrant the processes of
recall.
The statement read in part, “The process of recall is a
serious democratic check on failed representatives of the people and not a
weapon in the hands of desperate sycophants, who are not motivated by moral or
ethical values, but by the monetary compensation of those who hired them.
“By exhibiting a total lack of knowledge of the function of
the senate and the activities of senators, the organization has exposed itself
as ignorant, unserious and visionless.
“How did they become ignorant of the fact of Senator Andy
Uba’s record as the senator with the highest numbers of bills in the senate? A
review of the activities of senators in the
8th senate showed that Senator Andy Uba led the chart with
13 bills.
“How did they become ignorant, that on November 23, 2016,
the Senate Press Corp conferred an award on Senator Uba as one of the
outstanding senators of the 8th senate? Coming from an unblinking watch-dog as
the Senate Press Corp, this was not a cheap award and should convince sensible
and reasonable persons that the senator is excelling in the purpose for which
he was elected into the senate.
“How did they become ignorant that Senator Andy Uba was
easily re-elected from the 7th senate to the 8th senate by proud and satisfied
constituents of Anambra South senatorial zone? Why did they not know that by
that re-election, Sen. Uba set an unprecedented record as the first and only
senator from Anambra State to have contested and won a second tenure in the
senate?”
Uba said the organization that was purportedly
championing his recall was not credible, adding that its members were the usual
faces in every election in Anambra State, whose stock in trade was to blackmail
politicians for fees.
He added, “The organization, their paymasters and ignorant
members of the public should be educated that senators are not elected to construct
roads or to provide electricity and water.
“These are the constitutional responsibilities of the
executive arm of government and any citizen, corporate or individual, that had
issues with the non-provision of these amenities, should direct their anger and
frustration to either the President or governors of their states, and not to
senators, who are strictly elected to make laws.”
He said there was need for people to realize
that the famed constituency projects were also in the hands of the executive
because the funds for the projects were usually not released to the senators.
By Tony Okafor
