A cross-section of the newly inaugurated senators has commended the emergence of Godswill Akpabio (APC, Akwa-Ibom) and Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano) as Senate
Akpabio and Jibrin were on Tuesday inaugurated as leaders of the 10th Senate.
“It is going to be a situation where the debates cannot be partisan; it has to be a Nigerian debate. It is going to be good and better for the country,” he stated. “We have refused to be intimidated by any enforcement, and that is why we said there must be an election. Ede Dafinone said: “We have a dynamic Senate President with an outstanding Deputy, both with excellent reputations and excellent track records.
Similarly, Osita Izunaso , who had earlier stepped down for Akpabio, said that the most important thing was that democracy had been deepened.
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