Tag: Senate Presidency

My Senate Presidency is call for Service to Nigerians – Akpabio

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The Senate President,Sen.Godswill Akpabio, has described his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate, as call for service to Nigerians and all round transformation of the country, just as he called on the church to take its rightful position in the affairs of the country.   Akpabio stated this in his goodwill message at the Thanksgiving Service on the 23rd Synod/Congress of Abuja Province of the African Church, on Sunday.   The President of the Senate, whose goodwill mesage was delivered on his behalf by Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong, said,…

SENATE PRESIDENCY: Kalu’s Alignment Of Misalignment

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Senator-elect Orji Uzor Kalu is such an interesting character. It’s interesting enough that he still wants to be the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly when the consensus among the Nigerian public is that he cannot, and should not, reap where he did not sow. And more than enough evidence of this parable of the ‘non-sower’ had been articulated on several occasions that we need not be detained by it anymore. After going underground for some time in this apparently hopeless bid for the third seat, because he has…

SENATE PRESIDENCY: Ahmed Lawan Going For Broke

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Ahmed Lawan has now declared total war on His Excellency Sen. Godswill Akpabio, his next and imminent Senate President, in the fleeting illusion that he could still be stopped from inheriting his gavel.   He (Lawan) has set up a seven-member ad-hoc committee to probe the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) for allegedly embarking on expenditure amounting to N1.4 trillion without appropriation while Sen. Akpabio ruled the roost as a minister of the Commission.   This is the sequel to the invitation by the anti-graft agency of Malami’s poodle, one…

Senate Presidency: Senators elect ‘ll abide by APC Zoning formula – Akpabio

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By Michael Agbaji Following his selection as the choice of President Elect, Asiwaju Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to preside the 10th Senate,Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,Godswill Akpabio has expressed his confidence that the Senators elect were left with no other alternative than to comply with the directive of the party Leadership and that of President-Elect,Bola Tinubu. Akpabio asserted his conviction that ratification of his selection and others by the Party on Monday was binding on all Senators-elect across Political divides as a result of the supremacy…

10th NASS: North Central deserves nothing less than Senate Presidency – Senator Sani Musa

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Senator representing Niger North Senatorial District, Sani Musa on Tuesday said the North Central geopolitical zone deserve the office of the Senate President. Speaking with National Assembly correspondents, he said, the North Central has always been aligning with the governing party and has always given massive votes, as their votes for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the just concluded Presidential and parliamentary elections were more than any of the geographical zones of the country. He, however, said the decision lies with the APC leadership, pointing out that the…