The 9th Senate is currently holding its last sitting and its valedictory session in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly.
The valedictory session was earlier fixed for Thursday but was postponed till Saturday because of a meeting President Bola Tinubu had with the National Assembly members-elect.
Present at the ceremony are Vice President Kashim Shettima and the wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, who are both members of the Ninth Senate.
Some of the activities lined up are the presentation of “Certificates of Legislative Service” to the Senators by the Clerk of the Senate, Chinedu Akubueze.
Shettima, Tinubu’s wife, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, were the first set of Senators to receive their certificates.
Senators Set For Emergency Meeting Over 10th NASS Senate Presidency Tussle
Some lawmakers have called for another emergency meeting over the tussle for the 10th Senate Presidency.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu met with some lawmakers on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
At the initial meeting, Tinubu openly endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio for the 10th Senate Presidency, a development that had been argued by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are supportive of another candidate.
Reports obtained on Friday morning, however, revealed that three Senators-elect, Abdulaziz Yari, Jimoh Ibrahim, and Elisha Abbo, have called for a counter meeting slated for June 9 at 9 pm at the Fraiser Suites, Abuja.
The notice of the meeting was reportedly signed by Abbo, a lawmaker who became infamous four years ago as ‘the Sex Toy Senator’ when the news of him slapping a young girl at a sex toy shop in Abuja went viral.
It was gathered that Abbo and Jimoh Ibrahim are leading the battle for the emergence of the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, as the new Senate President against President Tinubu and APC leadership’s choice of candidate.
