David Mark’s Convoy Attacked by Gun Men in Imo
Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen in Orlu, Imo State. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Paul Mumeh Friday night, the attack occurred in Orlu Senatorial Zone of the state. The incident happened when the Senate Present went to Nkwere, Imo state to attend the burial ceremony of late business mogul, Sir John Richard Anyaehie. Mark lamented that the attack happened a moment when a great philanthropist like Anyaehie was being buried, adding that it was not what should be expected in a senatorial district like Orlu. He described late Anyaehie as a truthful…
2015: Political jobbers, war-mongers have seized Nigeria – Mark
Senate President, David Mark, said that political jobbers and war-mongers have seized the Nigerian political space ahead of the 2015 general elections which is still two years away. The Senate President made the observation while welcoming Senators at Tuesday’s plenary after a seven-week recess. Mark noted that the antics of those agitating for political office ahead of 2015 was to unduly over-heat the polity, adding that beating the drums of war and making treasonable comments were well-worn antics that would not work. “Distinguished colleagues, more than ever before, our countrymen and women are looking up to us for leadership, redemption and stability. The polity is assailed by political tremors, all on account of the 2015…
Some governors’ achievement claims are mere propaganda – Mark
Senate President, David Mark, took stock of the delivery of democracy dividends in the states and declared that some state governors have merely engaged in propaganda with nothing on ground to show for their performance. Mark made this remark while declaring open a two-day retreat for the Senate Press Corps in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. “We have cases of governors who claimed they have constructed tunnels but you cannot find them. We have cases of overheads and you could not see them. We have cases of those who claimed they constructed dams and there were no dams”, he said. Mark, however, commended Governor Godswill Akpabio for the transformation of the state in the areas…
