The ruling All Progressive Party Congress and president-elect Bola Tinub may have adopted former Niger Delta Minister, Godwill Akpabio as Senate Speaker at the upcoming 10th National Assembly after meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday.
On Friday, APC’s leadership endorsed Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the 10th House. This is according to impeccable sources who attended a closed-door meeting at the House of Defense.
The positions of Deputy President of the Senate and Deputy Speaker are yet to be determined, indicating they could be challenged by candidates, according to a credible source in the National Assembly.
According to a source –
“It is true Asiwaju met with Adamu, Omisore, Kyari and Eneukwu today (Friday). They have agreed that Akpabio will be the next Senate President while Jibrin will be his deputy. TJ (Abbas Tajudeen) will be the next Speaker.)”
The source further added that North Central would be compensated with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation position. Adamu hinted at this on Wednesday at the end of the NWC meeting. He said the ruling party and president-elect would agree on a consensus to zone leadership positions at the next Assembly.
“That is not what today’s meeting is all about. When we do the zoning meeting, we don’t just go alone as a party. Zoning is to take along the person who has the mandate of this country, the president-elect, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, we want to take him along. He travelled after the election and he came back only last week and we have to carry him along.
cc: Daily Post Ng
