The Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Silverbird Group, Mr. Ben
Murray-Bruce, on Monday
declared his intention to
represent Bayelsa East Senatorial
District in the National Assembly.
With his declaration, Murray-
Bruce has the likes of Senator
Barigha Amange and Clever
Ikisipo to contend with for the
senatorial seat.
Though Murray-Bruce is from
Akassa-speaking group of Brass
Local Government where the
senatorial seat has been zoned
to, Amange cautioned recently
that zoning should not be at the
expense of merit and experience.
Ikisipo, on his part, said there
was no zoning in Bayelsa East,
insisting that there was never a
time stakeholders discussed
zoning in the district.
Murray-Bruce said if his people
believed in him and supported
his aspiration, he would ensure
he sponsored bills to tackle
poverty in the country.
He said, "I am running for the
Senate because I am interested
in the laws of our land; I am
interested in making change and
I am not interested in business
as usual.
"I have always been concerned
about the poverty of the mind,
about women who are not being
protected, children who are
being raped, men who are
paedophiles, a society where
there is no order; we must bring
order to our society.
"There are too many poor people
living under the bridge. Nigeria is
too rich for people to be poor
and Nigeria is too poor for the
super upper class to be so rich.
That has to stop."
He regretted that most wealthy
Nigerians were not paying their
taxes, insisting that if they were
paying their taxes, it would be
rare to see an individual having
three private jets.
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