In a move that is likely to influence the tussle for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday appointed a former
In the House, the current deputySspeaker, Idris Wase, is in the race for Speaker and has remained steadfast in his determination to run for the number four seat in the country despite the endorsement of Abbas by the party.
The appointments were announced in a statement by the director of Information at the presidential villa, Abiodun Oladunjoye. The North Central People’s Forum which commended the president for appointing one of them as SGF insisted however that with the quantum of votes given to Tinubu in the last election, the zone should be given the office of the deputy Senate President and the office of minister of the Federal Capital Territory .
“But that is not enough to pacify us. If you look at the vote the APC pulled in North Central it was massive. We were able to lead in all the states except for Plateau and FCT that went to the Labour Party. Information pieced together at the venue of the well-attended dinner revealed that it was organised to enable the Senators-elect the opportunity to rub minds and compare notes on the progress so far recorded since it started consultations with relevant party structures, stakeholders, leaders of thought and Senators-elect on the aspirations of Senators Akpabio and Barau for the leadership of the 10th Senate.
Speaking further, the former Senate Minority Leader said, “We believe that every Senator irrespective of his or her political party is first and foremost a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”. On allegation of corruption against him, the former governor of Akwa Ibom State stated that as a politically exposed individual, he was expectant of all those innuendo.
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