Despite the emergence of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly, all is still not well with the federal legislature, as a fresh crisis has erupted
“When Ahmad Lawan campaigned and he became the Senate president, it was the Director General of his campaign organisation, Abdullahi Yahaya, that became the Senate Leader.
Another Senator pointed out that the only reason some people are pushing for Bamidele to be the Senate leader is because he is Yoruba. “Bamidele has never been in leadership. Ndume was a minority leader. He was a Senate Leader. He led the campaign for Akpabio and he’s older than Bamidele in the National Assembly. The best way to pacify the Northern Senators is to make Ndume the Senate leader,” the lawmaker said.
On Monday, Akpabio appointed Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo as his chief of staff and Saviour Enyiekere as his deputy chief of staff.
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