10 Assembly: Top PDP Governor Predicts Who Will Become Next Senate President
- Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed his preferred candidate for the next Senate President as the 10th National Assembly is set to be inaugurated
- Speaking a the post-second-term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service in Ibadan, the governor said he and his colleagues would be at the national assembly to witness the process
- According to Makinde, he and his colleagues are on the side of President Bola Tinubu's preferred candidate for the position
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Ibadan, Oyo - Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, has disclosed that the choice of President Bola Tinubu for the next Senate President in the 10th National Assembly was the same as that of his colleagues.
Makinde said this while speaking on Monday, June 12, during the post-second-term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on the background of the inauguration of the assembly scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, PM News reported.
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Governors have come together to endorse Tinubu's candidate for senate president, Makinde reveals
The governor spoke at the event which was organized by the Oyo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in his honour.
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The event was reportedly organized in collaboration with the Fathers of Faith in Oyo State and was held at the Oritamefa Baptist Church in Ibadan.
Makinde disclosed that the governors have come together to support Tinubu's choice of a Christian senate president from the south-south region of the country.
Makinde vows to be at National Assembly to observe Senate presidency election
His statement reads in part:
“We are not playing religious politics but what is fair is fair. We stood for Southern presidency; we stood for justice, fairness and we are going to stand for equity as well.”
The governor then vowed to be at the National Assembly with his colleagues on Tuesday and ensure that justice, equity, and fairness were served at the Senate Presidency election.
The election for the leadership of the 10th national assembly has been scheduled to hold on Tuesday, June 13.
"Attend tribunal to show support for Atiku": Melaye tells Makinde
Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has given 1 condition to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to justify his peace move toward Atiku Abubakar
Melaye in his response to Makinde's remark that healing has started in the PDP asked the governor to attend the 2023 presidential election tribunal court to show his support to Atiku and the PDP
The former senator also asked PDP lawmakers to do the same and prove to Nigerians that healing has started in the party
Source: Legit.ng
