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Agitations for Senate president, Speaker hot up

Ahead of the inauguration of the 9th Senate and House of Representatives in June, several lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have indicated their interest to lead the new National Assembly.

APC chieftains and stakeholders from Oyo state and the northeast are lobbying for House of Representatives’ and Senate president’s positions in the 9th National Assembly.

The Nation reports that a member of the party’s NEC from Northeast stated that Oyo state’s moves to produce the Speaker may have received the backing of some members of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC).

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The party chieftain, who craved anonymity, said they are mobilising stakeholders from other zones to ensure Oyo get the position of Speaker.

“Obviously, Oyo State has ranking members of the National Assembly that are qualified to compete for any key position and that is why we are moving round to mobilise party stakeholders to support our agitation,” the party chieftain said.

In a related development, the Sustainable Democracy Agenda (SUDA), a pro-democracy group, has urged senators-elect to support the bid of Sen. Ahmad Lawan, representing Yobe North, for the position of president of the 9th Senate.

The group’s convener, Malam Ibrahim Usman, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, March 25.

Usman said the move would ensure a united and vibrant senate ready to face the onerous legislative works ahead.

“Our position on this is in line with the Senate. He has remained one of the most productive lawmakers since the beginning of the present dispensation in 1999.

“Our decision to drum support for the senator also followed painstaking investigation on his personal pedigree and integrity, both characteristics presently in short supply in our polity.

‘‘The distinguished senator is of highest academic qualification and has never been found wanting on the ground of fraud or breach of legislative processes,” the convener said.

Usman emphasised that Lawan deserved to lead the next Senate after what he described as his exemplary performance as leader of the present Senate.

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Recall that Legit.ng had reported that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had started mobilising its governors and key chieftains to ensure that the leaderships of both chambers of the National Assembly are core loyalists of the party.

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