9th Senate: Barau pushes for Lawan as Senate President vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
ABUJA – AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th Senate and the emergence of the presiding officers, serious horse trading and intrigues have continued to play out, as Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND, Senator Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North, Friday threw his weight behind the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan as the next Senate President.According to Jibrin, Senator Ahmed Lawan is the most experienced Senator and that the position should be zoned to the North East.
The Senator who noted that the North East has the highest ranking senator in the 9th Senate and that the geopolitical zone should not be denied their rights by taking the position away to another zone, said:” It is now a golden opportunity for all and sundry to facilitate the election of the Senate President using the template of the established international parliamentary practice.
“Thus, when a party secures a majority after a general election into an assembly, the leader of the caucus of such a party in the assembly transforms to be the President or Speaker of such an assembly in a process devoid of any rancour.
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