The senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has on Thursday,
June 25, announced Senator Ali Ndume and Bala Ibn Na'Allah as Senate leader and
deputy respectively. This is a direct challenge to the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress that recommended other candidates for the positions.
According to Breaking Times,the senate president, Dr. Bukola
Saraki, today, Thursday, June 25, announced Senator Ali Ndume and Bala Ibn
Na’Allah as Senate leader and deputy respectively thereby defying a directive
contained in a letter from the APC leadership.
The letter which was signed by the national chairman, John
Odigie Oyegun, recommended that Sen. Ahmad Lawan and George Akume be nominated
for the two principal positions of the hallowed chamber.
In a letter which was obtained by Breaking Times and dated
June 23, 2015, also had Sen. Sola Adeyeye and Abu Ibrahim recommended for Chief
Whip and Deputy Chief Whip respectively.
But contrary to the letter’s recommendations, Saraki also
announced that Senator Francis Alimikhena from Edo state has been nominated as
Deputy Chief Whip.
In the same vein, the APC national leadership also wrote
another letter to the speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara,
recommending Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as majority leader along with Hon Alhassan
Ado Doguwa, who was also tipped for deputy majority leader.
However, this led to conflicts in the chambers of the House
of Representatives today over the Speaker’s refusal to implement the directives
of the APC leadership. The House eventually adjourned the sitting to July 21.
The Senate had on Wednesday rejected a move by some All
Progressives Congress senators to read the letter from the party’s leadership
recommending some senators to occupy specific principal officers of the senate.
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