NOT used to screening or approving appointees of Government, the House of Representatives Tuesday enacted a curious drama that ended with a blunder while trying to approve the nomination of former governor of Kaduna State, Arc. Namadi Sambo as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The so-called “One North” slogan got under test again last week and badly wobbled when Kaduna Government House – a strong hold of the Muslim (Hausa/Fulani) north – became available for a Christian man from a minority tribe in Southern part of Kaduna to occupy.

Honourable Uche Anya, is chairman of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC. He is a former minority leader in Enugu State House of Assembly during the administration of former governor Chimaroke Nnamani. In this interview with Vanguard he spoke on PDP zoning arrangement, the choice of Vice President Sambo, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor’s resignation, constitution amendment’s and the activities of NTDC. Excerpts:

Governor Godswill Akpabio is the governor of Akwa Ibom State. In this interview he spoke on his government in the last three years, his achievements, his relationship with former governor Victor Attah whom he described as father to all, 2011 elections and PDP. Excerpts:

Alhaji Ali Wakili, is the immediate past Commandant of Nigerian Custom Training School, Kano. His entrant into partisan politics was welcomed by network of friends scattered across the country. He is a politician with positive thinking on how best to raise the lifestyle of an ordinary Nigerian.