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Senate presidency: South-south group roots for Yari

Ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th Senate, the South-South Youth Assembly on Friday called on senators to settle for former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari. This is even as the group urged lawmakers from the zone to reject former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, for the position and support Yari’s aspiration. The group in a statement signed by its President, Emmanuel Nkpubre urged Nigerians, particularly the lawmakers to shun sectionalism, regionalism, ethnicity and “focus on developing the nation.” The statement

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Senate Presidency: Negotiations, intense lobbying among contenders as NWC meets

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May 3, 2023

• Why North may outsmart South• Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat• Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another crucial contest Nigerians are anxiously waiting to see how the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will unravel. While some stakeholders have cautioned the rul

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Why South-East doesn’t deserve Senate presidency again

thTV Admin, Owerri

April 18, 2023

As the inauguration of the next Nigerian legislature, termed the 10th National Assembly, draws near, different people and groups have started plotting to emerge leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Arguments based on zonal and religious balancing have been pushed forward by different individuals and groups to favour them. One of such is that the Senate presidency should be zoned to the South-East for the sake of equity and justice. However, the call for the South-East to produce the Senate president actually runs against equ