Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje has hinted that former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio may emerge as the next president of the senate.
Ganduje gave the hint while speaking with journalists after a meeting with Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River and Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari in Calabar, Cross River State capital on Thursday .
“The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the South-South and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom.
“The uncommon governor, the uncommon minister who is going to be the uncommon president of the senate. So we have resolved that.
“I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria, ” he said.
In a related development, Governor Ayade confirmed that the 10th Assembly Senate Presidency would come from the South South.
“I want to thank you so much for zoning the senate president to the south-south and to our brother from a neighbouring state who is also part of Cross River state,” the governor said.
“We want to thank you for this great opportunity because our dream of a Bakassi seaport is becoming very real,” he said.
Courtesy: Nigerian Tribune