Senate

It’s Unfair To Have Leaders Of Three Arms Of Government From The South – Yari Abdulaziz Yari, senator-elect representing Zamfara west, says it would be unfair to the northern part of the country if leaders of the three arms of government are from the south. Yari spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The former Zamfara governor, who declared his bid for senate presidency last month, has been one of the loudest critics of the zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership of the 10th national assembly. The ruling party had nominated Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin…

Orji Kalu, Izunaso, Umahi, Bamidele, Others Battle For Senate Majority Leader Political bigwigs and ranking senators have now shifted their attention to the election of principal officers with the election of the Senate President and deputy over. The office of the majority leader is attracting more interest among the lawmakers. Lawmakers reportedly eyeing the Majority Leader position include former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia North), Osita Isunazo (Imo West), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi South), Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central). The Senate President and Deputy Senate President are the only positions senior to the Majority…

Senate Leadership: Fresh Tussle Resumes As Ndume, Bamidele, Others Battle For Leadership Positions Less than one week after a bitter campaign for the positions of the President of the Senate and the Deputy, a fresh leadership tussle is brewing in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. This time, eight positions are up for grabs in the Senate. They are Majority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Majority Leader, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Leader, Minority Whip, Deputy Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Whip. According to existing Senate practices, geopolitical zones that didn’t produce the President of the Senate and the Deputy,…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo lists Expectations from their In-law, Senate President Akpabio. Ohanaeze Ndìgbò, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has said that Akapbio’s emergence as Senate President was an indication of a harmonious relationship between the executive and legislature. In his congratulatory message, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, also made six demands of the new Senate President. Isiguzoro said: “Nigerians and Ohanaeze Ndigbo expect that this mutual understanding and harmonious relationship will birth a lot of bills that will improve the lives of Nigerians. That they toed the line of Mr President does not mean that the independence of the 10th…

Senate Presidency: The Igbos Will Continue To Cry -Asari Dokubo Says Hours After Akpabio’s Victory It is no longer news that Senator Godswill Akpabio has emerged as the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly election, defeating his closest rival, Abdulaziz Yari with a score of 63 votes to Yari’s 46 votes. Reacting to this, Asari Dokubo who had earlier declared support for South-East Senate Presidency but later made u-turn, said the Igbos will continue to cry that they are Marginalized until they learn to accept the reality. In his words, he said from the video (0:31-2:22): “On a serious…

Senate President, Akpabio visits Tinubu Senate President, Godswill Akpabio is currently at the State House to visit President Bola Tinubu after his inauguration as the 10th Senate President. Akpabio (APC Akwa Ibom) in a keenly contested election defeated his opponent, Abdullazeez Yari (APC Zamfara) with 66 votes against 43. Akpabio was a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, while Yari, who is a first-term Senator, was a former governor of Zamfara state. Two other aspirants, Orji Uzor-Kalu (APC Abia and also a former governor and Osita Izunaso (APC Imo), stepped down from the contest after persuasions from both the All…