10TH ASSEMBLY: AKPABIO ELECTED SWORN IN,AS SENATE PRESIDENT
Senator Godwill Akpabio was on Tuesday elected and sworn in as the 10th President of the Nigerian Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Akpabio, a former Senator Minority Leader, polled 63 votes to defeat Yari, a former governor of Zamfara, who scored 46 votes.
The lawmakers-elect had earlier commenced voting on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, in the build-up to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly.
Senator Ali Ndume nominated Senator Godswill Akpabi after reading the biography of the former Akwa Ibom governor.
Akpabio’s nomination was seconded by Senator Olamilekan Solomon Yayi from Ogun state.
Similarly, Senator Ishaku Abbo nominated Senator Abdul Aziz Yari as Senate President
