•Abba Moro
Senate Minority Leader Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) has defended his style of opposition in the 10th Senate.
He said his style of constructive opposition is better than confrontation with those in positions of authority, reports The Nation.
Moro said this while addressing reporters in his office at the weekend in Abuja.
The Senate Minority Leader noted that collaborative leadership for good governance award bestowed on him by the Senate Press Corps was apt and a justification for his style of leadership as main opposition leader.
“Minority leadership, to me, is not for confrontation but constructive collaboration with those in the ruling party for good governance for Nigerians.
“I want to sincerely say that you have made some proper observations in the course of time, because I believe in collaboration. I believe that compromise is a very veritable instrument in leadership advancement.
“I believe that what we call opposition is ordinarily intended to persuade people to act in a manner that otherwise they may not necessarily act.
“Yes, I was elected into the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I need to work with other Nigerians to advance the cause of Nigeria.
“That is why I think that it is better for me to relate with people amicably and persuasively to advance the cause of governance instead of unnecessary or avoidable confrontations,” he said.
Moro added that he reminded one of the senators in the minority camp who realised that being combative on the floor of the Senate did not achieve anything in the Eighth and Ninth Senate, particularly on moves to impeach the then president.
“I recall that in the Ninth Senate and the Eighth Senate, there were motions that were moved, points of order that were raised to identify issues of concern for Nigerians and to the extreme of asking for the impeachment of the (then) President.
“Was the president impeached? The answer was no. And so, if you do not think that certain things are possible within the dynamics of governance and legislative activities, then you don’t raise it.
“I’m a realist who believes in doing things that are real and achievable and I also advance the cause of good governance,” he said.
