WEDNESDAY’S decisive resolution urging President Umaru Yar‘Adua to comply with the constitutional provision requiring him to transmit a letter of his medical vacation was hailed as the finest hour of the David Mark Senate.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and his Action Congress (AC), last weekend floored the Chief Tony Anenih led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) again, in another House of Assembly re-run for Etsako Central Local Government Council.

The Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) International last Sunday made public the result of an opinion poll it conducted on the Anambra State governorship election that is due to be held next week Saturday with Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coming tops. 30 percent of potential voters in the state said they would vote for Soludo on the day of election.

Senator Daniel Saror was the former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He represented Benue North East Senatorial district in the Senate and ended up as the Minority Leader of the house before his exit in 2007. In this Interview with Vanguard, he spoke on various national issues ranging from the health of the President, opposition in the country, National Assembly, party system and the constitution review. Excerpts:

This is the first of a two-part report on Anambra governorship election scheduled for February 6. It focuses on the umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and its preparations for the poll.

As living witnesses to the shambolic toga that elections in Nigeria have become, Nigerians are again expressing scepticism as the election for the governorship of Anambra State gets closer.