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Senate President, Lawan Names Principal Officers

Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has announced the list of principal officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ninth Senate.

Lawan, at the resumption of plenary, announced Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy.

Orji Uzor Kalu was named  the Chief Whip while Abdullahi Sabi is the Deputy Chief Whip

Also, the Senate President announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip.

Emmanuel Bwacha is the deputy minority leader while Sahabi Yau is the Deputy Minority Whip.

The Senate has also constituted an ad hoc committee to prepare its legislative agenda within two weeks.

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