The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre, a civil society organisation, has expressed deep concern over the choice of Mr. Godswill Akpabio by the ‘President-elect’, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the next Senate President. HEDA in a statement signed and released by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, described the move as a troubling indication of the incoming government's stance on corruption and its commitment to upholding the rule of law.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has revealed that Godswill Akpabio, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, will be the next Senate President of Nigeria. Ganduje disclosed this on Thursday during a meeting with the Cross River state governor, Ben Ayade, in Calabar, the state capital. Ganduje said, “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, waiting to be the uncommon president of the senate.
A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio has been putting pressure on other senators-elect to endorse him as the sole candidate for the Senate Presidency, SaharaReporters has learnt. Top sources in the ruling All Progressives Congress also said Akpabio, a senator-elect, has been throwing around the name of the ‘President-elect’, Bola Tinubu, saying he has his support and using that to further pressurise the senators-elect.
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The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been invited by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interrogation over an investigation concerning corruption allegations against him.