The meeting, in Abuja on Thursday, was attended by senators-elect from the All Progressives Congress and opposition.
Browsing: Godswill Akpabio
It would be recalled that the president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leadership of the party had endorsed Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau as its preferred candidates for the office of the Senate President and Deputy.
He said this when he received members of the Stability Group, a group of Senators-elect rooting for Akpabio’s emergence.
The latest of the endorsements for the duo came from the Governor-elect of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) governors from the North have resolved to support President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s choice of National Assembly presiding officers.
They stepped down at a meeting of members-elect under the auspices of the “10th Joint Task” on Wednesday in Abuja
A top contender for the Senate presidency, in the upcoming 10th National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has assured lawmakers of stability in the upper chamber if elected.
On this particular day in the animal world, the sun singed the flesh without any discrimination. Yet, none complained of the fury of nature.
One of the Coalition’s leaders, Malam Sadiq Jikta, in a statement issued Friday expressed the support for the former governor of Akwa Ibom, after the group meeting in Abuja.
Similarly, Abass Tajudeen was favoured for the position of House of Representatives Speakership.
The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has nominated Godswill Akpabio and Abass Tajudeen as the next Senate President and House of Representatives speaker in the upcoming 10th National Assembly, respectively.
Ganduje said the decision to nominate Akpabio, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, was already sealed.
The occasion was at a banquet organised in honour of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu by Governor Nyesom Wike
The groups said this in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Alhaji Gambo Jagindi, in Abuja.
The unanimous judgment, delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, favoured the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs
This follows a petition against the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and NDDC Management.
Akpabio, who is also the Vice Chairman of the APC presidential campaign council, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Uyo, the State capital.
This position was contained in a statement Akpabio, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, personally signed on Monday.
Adamu made his position known when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja
Justice Donatus Okorowo on Friday held that the plaintiff’s action was not justiciable, hence the suit was incompetent.