APC Officially Announces Nominees For Senate President, Speaker

• The ruling APC has announced Godswill Akpabio, a senator-elect from Akwa Ibom, as its preferred candidate for the 10th Senate president
• Felix Morka, the spokesperson of the APC, in a statement on Monday, also announced the nomination of Abbas Tajudeen for the position of speaker of the House of Representative
• The ruling party, in its zoning formula, zoned the position of the deputy senate president and speaker to the northwest while south-south and southeast got the senate president and deputy speaker

FCT, Abuja - The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially announced Senator Godswill Akpabio as its nominee for the position of the 10th Senate President.

Also, Abbas Tajudeen, a ranking member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna state, was nominated for the position of Speaker of the next House of Reps.

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Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary of the APC, disclosed the development in a statement sighted by Legit.ng on Monday, May 8.

The statement reads in part:

"Senate President – South-South Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Deputy Senate President – North West-Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano)."

From the statement, it was also observed that the northwest got the speaker's slot as Tajudeen is from Kaduna, while the deputy speaker's slot was zoned to the Southeast, Ben Kalu from Abia.

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Morka added that the zoning arrangement of the party was a result of the meeting of the national working committee (NWC) of the APC with consideration to the meeting held with Bola Tinubu, the president-elect and other zoning arrangement stakeholders for the 10th national assembly.

The APC then called for better and further consultation with necessary stakeholders to secure the assurance of the aspirants to the leadership of the national assembly and party members nationwide.

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Morka then urged members, leaders and all Nigerians to continue to prioritize the peace and progress of Nigeria during the transition period.

See the statement here:

“God said that He will discipline them": Cleric cautions pastors against Tinubu

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bishop Kayode Williams of the Christ Vessels of Grace Church Inc has said God told him that pastors who gave false prophecies about the 2023 election should be prepared for God's wrath.

The cleric said this while warning some religious leaders fanning the members of violence against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu's inauguration.

Williams said God told him that He would deal with the wanting pastors, but He did not want them to die now so that they could see the glory of God in Nigeria.

Source: Legit.ng