Breaking News: Senate President, Lawan Names Principal Officers For Ninth Senate

Punch Metro reports that the President of the Senate,  Ahmad Lawan,  on Tuesday, announced the list of principal officers sent to him by the leadership of the All Progressives Party and the Peoples Democratic Party.

 

Lawan, at the resumption of plenary, named Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and  Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy.

Similarly, the Senate President announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip.

 

He said  Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the Deputy Leader and Senator Shabi Yau as the Deputy Whip.

 

The lawmakers would form the Body of Principal Officers also known as Selection Committee.

 

The are expected to assign senators to committees based on interest earlier shown by them.

 

In their separate acceptance speeches, Yahaya  and Abaribe promised to discharge their duties effectively.

 

Details later.