The All Progressives Congress member representing Kano North Senatorial District, Barau Jibrin, has supported the call for the emergence of a ranking senator from the North-East as the president of th
e ninth Senate.
He noted that the North-East has the highest ranking senator in the forthcoming ninth Senate and that the geopolitical zone should not be denied their rights by taking the position away to another zone. “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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