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9th Senate: Lawan Names Principal Officers

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Following the resumption of the ninth Senate from plenary, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday announced the names of principal officers. The names were reportedly sent to him by the leadership of the All Progressives Party and the Peoples Democratic Party.

 

The principal officers are; Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader; Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy; Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as Chief Whip and Senator Sabi Abdullahi as the deputy.

In the same vein, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe was announced as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip. Senator Emmanuel Bwacha was listed as the Deputy Leader and Senator Shabi Yau as the Deputy Whip.

It was established that the senators would form the Body of Principal Officers also known as Selection Committee.

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

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