Tinubu Has No Power to Stop Who Will Be the Speaker of the National Assembly — Abdulaziz Yari Abdul'Aziz Abubakar Yari, the senator-el...
Tinubu Has No Power to Stop Who Will Be the Speaker of the National Assembly — Abdulaziz Yari
Abdul'Aziz Abubakar Yari, the senator-elect for Zamfara West, would not give up his plan to run for the Senate chair for Senator Godswill Akpabio when he was asked to do so by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect.
He said he would keep looking for his spot.
Yari, who used to be governor of Zamfara State, said that the search for the seat of President of the Senate is based on the constitution and not just a system or someone else's view.
He said, "What will happen on this day will depend on the country's constitution, not on the rules of someone else."
As a former member of the House of Representatives, he said that the application for the seat was a matter for the senators because the 1999 constitution gave them the power to choose their own leaders instead of following a method set up by someone else.
The members of the APC, led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, chose Akpabio as the 10th President of the Senate on Friday night, according to LEADERSHIP. The choice continues to draw attention and spark debate, though. debate.
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