President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators-elect to abide by the zoning arrangements announced by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has denied endorsing former Abia governor, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu as its preferred candidate for the Senate Presidency of the 10th National Assembly.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists has endorsed the aspiration of Senator Osita Izunaso to emerge as the president of the 10th Senate.
Now that the presidential inauguration has come and gone by, attention has now been shifted to the National Assembly.
The race for Senate Presidency seems going down the wire with the pendulum changing dramatically by the day. Recent permutations have shown to be favourably disposed to the direction of Senator Osita Izunaso, senator representing Orlu senatorial district to be the next President of the Senate.
In an interview with a team of newspapers, print and online, a high ranking Senator of the South East extractions, Senator Osita Izunaso, speaks on issues of who becomes the President of the 10th Senate. Excerpts:
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday expressed support for the ambitions of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Barau Jibrin as President and Deputy President of the 10th Senate, respectively.
Forum of former House of Representatives members who are now senators-elect, says the group has not endorsed any candidate for the position of President of Senate.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Niger state, Nma Kolo has advised the party to consider fairness and balance when zoning top positions of the Senate to deserving zones.
The battle for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly leadership has already started heating up, with the major contenders of the number three and four seats in the country exhibiting their qualities, capacities, qualifications and flexing their muscles. The underground works and lobbying have also started. Also, there are insinuations that vote buying has taken shape, too, as it is part of the business in the country’s politics. On the other hand, the ruling All Progressive Congress has kept mute on its position regarding where the leadership of the 10th National Assembly will go while stakeholders within and outside the party have been advising the president-elect and the party’s leadership to quickly address this by zoning the positions so as to avoid what happened in the eight assembly.