10th NASS: APC backs Tinubu, okays Akpabio, Barau as senate president, deputy

10th NASS: APC backs Tinubu, okays Akpabio, Barau as senate president, deputy

…picks Abbas, Kalu as Reps speaker, deputy

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday finally unveiled its preferred candidates for the leadership of the National Assembly.
Senator Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom (South-South) was picked as Senate President and Barau Jibrin from Kano (North-West) as deputy senate president of the 10th National Assembly.
It also backed Abbas Tajudeen from Kaduna (North-West) and Ben Kalu of Abia State (South-East) as speaker and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives respectively.

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The pair of Akpabio and Barau had been endorsed by the president-elect Bola Tinubu to lead the Senate.
Akpabio had earlier said the party was awaiting the APC National Working Committee (NWC) for the zoning arrangements for the 10th NASS leadership.
Akpabio spoke in Abuja to members of the National Assembly Press Corps on the sidelines of the induction programme organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILDS) for senators-elect and House of Representatives members-elect.
He said,”It is not something that we should begin to speculate. But I believe that justice will be done in terms of balancing the political equations in the country to ensure a very peaceful tenure for the incoming President.”