Benue 2015: Senate Seat Not Meant For Young Politicians – Gemade

A former national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and senator representing Benue North East, Senator Barnabas Gemade has broken silence over the controversy surrounding the political battle between him and Governor Gabriel Suswam over the 2015 National Assembly ticket, saying senate seat is not meant for young politicians. Gemade stated this in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi, Weekend, on the occasion of the his disbursement of scholarship funds to 140 Benue undergraduate students. He stated that his re-election to the senate has already been guaranteed and insisted that he is not threatened by the contentious ambition of Governor Suswam to contest the senate seat against him because he (Gemade) had contributed immensely to the governors’ political growth. Asserting that his bid to run for the race is borne out of his determination to impact rapid development to his constituents, the PDP elder insisted that those who speak with God in heaven already know that his senatorial ambition is determined irrevocably and that those speculating that he is jittery are only beating about the bush. “My return to senate has been guaranteed and those who speak with God in heaven already know that it is guaranteed but those who do not speak with the almighty will continue to beat about the bush. To me, I know that the issue is already been settled. I am not threatened by Gabriel Suswam, he is my political son and i had contributed immensely in making him grow politically. Proverbially, there has been no such time that a young one would decide which piece of meat to pick from the soup when dining with the elders because the elders will always pick first and decide what the young ones will then take.” Gemade stated. Commenting on his scholarship initiative, the senator said he has so far expended over N200 million on the student project and added that he had also provided jobs for the teeming unemployed youths of his constituency, the state and country.