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July 4, 2023 10th Senate Set to Appoint Principal Officers, PDP Still Consulting for Choice Candidate

10th Senate Set to Appoint Principal Officers, PDP Still Consulting for Choice Candidate

There will be some air of Unease as the 10th Senate resumes today, and the tensions will not be unconnected to appointment of Principal Officers of the Senate. The All Progressives Congress (APC), with the largest number of members, is expected to produce the Majority leader, while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ought to produce the Minority leader. The APC has 59 senators, PDP has 36, Labour Party (LP) 8; Social Democratic Party (SDP) 2; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) 2; Young Peoples Party (YPP) one and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) 1 each. This shows seven political parties making up membership of the 10th Senate, with 50 as opposition members. APC is expected to produce the majority leader, deputy majority leader, chief whip and deputy chief whip. The four principal positions reserved for the minority caucus are minority leader, deputy minority leader, minority whip and deputy minority whip. Nominations for the positions are purely the affairs of political parties with the majority of seats in the Senate. The major contenders for the Majority leader’s seat include Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) and Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno). The duo was among the arrowheads of Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s campaign for the senate presidency. Ndume served as the director-general of Akpabio’s campaign committee, while Bamidele was the deputy. Adamu Aliero (PDP-Kebbi) and Aminu Tambuwal (PDP-Sokoto) are contenders for the Minority leader seat. The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) met yesterday with Senators elected on its platform in a last-ditch attempt to forestall a showdown over the choice of persons for Minority leadership positions in the Senate. The meeting was held at the party’s National Secretariat, in Abuja. The PDP rising from the meeting, resolved to write a letter to inform the Senate President that the consultations would continue until a unified decision is reached. The statement reads in part: “At the meeting, the importance of a virile and stable opposition in the Senate and indeed the National Assembly was emphasised and the Caucus assured that it will play that important role in the defence of democracy, the interest and wellbeing of Nigerians. “The PDP and Senators continue with consultations on the emergence of the Minority leadership in the Senate and are resolved to collectively present a unified leadership after due and conclusive considerations. Accordingly, the PDP will continue to provide the necessary leadership in this regard. “Consequently, the meeting resolved that the PDP NWC communicates to the Senate President on the ongoing consultation in the Minority Caucus to the effect that the nominations into the Minority leadership positions has not been concluded and that upon conclusion, the nominated list will be formally conveyed to him appropriately for necessary action.”
June 13, 2023 Governor Umo Eno Congratulates Senate President Godswill Akpabio

Governor Umo Eno Congratulates Senate President Godswill Akpabio

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has congratulated Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON, on his emergence as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Ekerete Udoh, Governor Eno, said “on behalf of the Government and the good people of Akwa Ibom State, I send you our hearty congratulations on your emergence as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. “The process was free, fair and transparent and is a testament to the deepening of our democratic traditions and ethos. I have always said that politics is over and it’s time for governance, and that, demands we work across party lines to advance the cause of our development. “We stand ready to work collaboratively with you, to move the needle of development, growth and progress of our dear State in particular and the Nation in general. “Once again, congratulations and God’s speed”!
May 9, 2023 APC National Working Committee Endorses Akpabio to Lead 10th Senate

APC National Working Committee Endorses Akpabio to Lead 10th Senate

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday announced the a former Governor of Akwa Ibom state and immedicate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwin Akpabio, as the party’s choice candidate for Senate presidency in the 10th Assembly. The ruling party also adopted the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, to be the next Deputy Senate President. The APC zoned the Senate presidency to the South-South and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-West. In the Green Chamber, the seat of Speaker of the House of Representatives was zoned to a Kaduna lawmaker, Tajudeen Abbas, while Ben Kalu, a reps-elect from South-East, has been nominated for the Deputy Speaker slot. Rising from a crucial meeting of the National Working Committee of the party, the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, told journalists that only the zoning of the two principal offices in both the Senate and House of Representatives had so far been decided. He further stated that the zoning and consensus candidates were done in consultation with the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at a meeting  held on Friday. He said, “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress met today (Monday) to consider reports of consultations and meetings held with the President-elect, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, other party leaders and stakeholders on zoning arrangement for 10th National Assembly leadership positions. “The NWC noted with respect the outcome of the meetings held between the President-elect and the leadership of the NWC. The NWC called for further and better consultation with necessary stakeholders in order to assure the support of the aspirants to the National Assembly leadership positions and members of the party nationwide

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