The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio is the next president of the senate.
Ganduje spoke on Thursday during a meeting with his Cross River counterpart, Ben Ayade, in Calabar, the state capital.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, was also present at the meeting.
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Ganduje claimed that the decision to nominate Akpabio was already a done deal but he did not explain if it was a decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.
However, according to him, “we have resolved that”.
“The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the south-south and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom.
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“I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria.”
The Upper Chamber will decide the next Senate President following the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29.
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