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The Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Appropriation, Iyiola Omisore, has accepted the
verdict of the people of his constituency in the last Saturday election
where he lost his bid to return to the senate to Babajide Omoworare of
the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The ACN won all seats for Osun
State in the National Assembly.

Speaking with
journalists yesterday, the senator, who represents Osun East in the
Upper chambers of the National Assembly, commended the turnout of the
people and peaceful conduct of the election, saying all point to a
hopeful future for the nation’s democracy.

Mr. Omisore, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently in his second term in the national legislature.

While
congratulating the winners, Mr. Omisore said the results of the
election confirms the readiness of President Goodluck Jonathan to give
the nation credible elections this time, and ensure that every eligible
Nigerian voter is not denied the right to choose their leaders and
representatives.

“I want to first
congratulate all the winners in last Saturday’s National Assembly
election. The peaceful conduct of the election was a clear signal that
our democracy has come to stay and that our politicians are improving.
Politics is a game of win and lose. If you win, you take it, if you
lost too, you should accept it in good faith. That is how we can
nurture our democracy into full maturity,” he enthused.

According to him,
the success of the first round of elections will prove to the world
that Nigerians are ready to allow democracy to thrive in their country,
adding “we cannot afford to fail because all eyes are on us. We need
credible and successful elections in this nation”.

He explained that
the result of the last election, especially in the Southwest, shows
that the ruling PDP was not as desperate as it had been portrayed in
the past by the oppositions, describing the party as one that ‘upholds
the tenets of democracy’.

The former deputy
governor of Osun State, advised the winning ACN members not to see
their victory as a ticket for self-serving mission, but a call to serve
the nation and opportunity to contribute their quota to the development
of their constituencies.

“The result of the
National Assembly elections should be regarded as the wish of the
electorate which we politicians must respect to safeguard the nation’s
growing democracy. In a true democracy, you don’t expect to be winning
every time. Even, life itself is about give and take,” he said.

He urged Nigerians
to be ready to participate fully in the remaining legs of this year’s
general elections, submitting that giving them priorities is the only
way to move the nation forward.

For this week’s
presidential election, Mr. Omisore said, “this is our country, all the
eligible voters must be ready to perform their civic duty by voting for
leaders of their choice”.