For President Bola Tinubu, it promises a good time to be in office.
He is likely to suffer less antagonism as his men – Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abass – have won the Senate Presidency and House of Representatives speakership respectively.
The former governor of Akwa Ibom State is also the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
After a quick recess, Sani Tambuwal, the Clerk of the National Assembly, declared Akpabio as the Senate President having garnered 63 votes leaving his rival with 46 votes.
Against the announced time of 10 a.m., the election started before 9 a.m.
After the Clerk of the National Assembly called for nominations, the senator-elect for Borno South, Ali Ndume, nominated Godswill Akpabio, senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-East, as President of the Senate. Akpabio accepted the nomination; while Elisha Abbo, senator-elect for Adamawa North, nominated Abdulaziz Yari, senator-elect for Zamfara West.
The senators protested that Yari was not allowed to stand for the position as a first-time senator.
After the lawmakers cast their votes in alphabetical order, two representatives of each team came to count their votes.
Senators Adeola Solomon and Ndume came out to represent Senator Akpabio, while Abbo and the senator-elect representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Jimoh Ibrahim, represented Senator Yari.
Meanwhile, the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambuwal, has sworn in Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Members-elect elected Abbas as Speaker of the 10th House at their inauguration in Abuja on Tuesday.
Abbas was the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Next is adoption of the adoption of the APC candidate for Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, or election should an opponent is nominated.
