The All Progressives Congress says it will be an exercise in futility for the Peoples Democratic Party to nurse the ambition of producing the president of the ninth Senate.
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The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has threatened to boycott the supplementary governorship election in the Start if the Independent National Electoral Commission insists on conducting it on Thursday.
Some senators-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have kicked against the decision of the leadership of the APC to impose Senator Ahmad Lawan as the Senate President in the ninth Senate.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted State Governors and Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress to a dinner at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Not fewer than 17 Senators-elect, mostly on the platform of All Progressives Congress, held a strategic meeting in Lagos on Sunday.
Anambra South Senator-elect, Ifeanyi Ubah, has pinched tent with a group of elected lawmakers in the incoming 9th Senate led by Senator Ahmed Lawan.
The Senate on Wednesday went into a rowdy session following a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye and co-sponsored by seven other lawmakers on alleged militarisation of the 2019 elections.
Senators on Wednesday called for more efforts by the Federal Government at building sustainable alternative sources of budget funding with focus on the agriculture sector.
This followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan (APC Yobe), at plenary and seconded by Senator Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT) on behalf of the minority.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday disagreed with the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the composition of the membership of the upper legislative chamber.
Senator Ahmad Lawan says the November 29 National Executive Council meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party stalled consideration of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the Fiscal Strategy Paper.
Saraki said: “Let me make a commitment on behalf of the entire leadership of the National Assembly that we are on the same side with you.
The Senate Leader, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party to stop putting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2018 Electoral Act Amendment bill into law.
They gave the endorsement at the end of a two -day APC North East Zonal meeting in Bauchi on Sunday.
Section 54 (1) of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Constitution stipulates that a quorum of the Senate shall be one-third of all its members.
The Corporation says it is utilising the fund to augment under-recoveries in the importation of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol.
The confirmation, which was through a voice vote, followed presentation of report of the Committee on Establishment and Public Service by its Chairman, Sen. Emmanuel Paulker at plenary.
The Senator representing Rivers West, Osinakachukwu Ideozu, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Partyto the All Progressives Congress.
The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, has said that increased socio-economic activities and improved security in the Northeast was an indication that the region was recovering from the excesses of Boko Haram insurgency.
No fewer than 137 aspirants under the All Progressives Congress are jostling for the 25 House of Assembly tickets Adamawa.