There are indications that President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed on the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.
Sources reveal that Senator Godswill Akpabio has been endorsed as the next Senate President, with Senator Barau Jubrin as Deputy Senate President. Tajudeen Abbass has been chosen as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with Benjamin Kalu as his deputy.
The zoning arrangement was made public at an eight-man caucus meeting of the APC held in Abuja.
The meeting was chaired by Tinubu and had the national chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; APC’s national secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore; APC’s deputy national chairman, (North), Senator Abubakar kyari and deputy national chairman (South), Chief Emma Eneukwu in attendance, alongside the current leadership of the National Assembly.
It was learned that there was controversy over the choice of Akpabio as some members believed he was not fit to lead the Senate of the 10th Assembly, however, Tinubu overruled this opinion.
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