Senate Resumes On Tuesday

After the Eid ul Kabir vacation, the Senate will reconvene on Tuesday.
According to reports, majority and minority leaders are anticipated to take the stage as the upper chamber reconvenes.

The majority leader will likely come from the All Progressives Congress (APC), which has the most members, while the minority leader will come from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to NAN, the PDP has 36 senators, compared to the 59 senators of the APC, as well as eight from the Labour Party, two from the Social Democratic Party, two from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, one from the Young Peoples Party, and one from the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

This shows that seven political parties make up the membership of the 10th Senate, with 50 as opposition members.
The ruling APC and the minority caucus are also expected to fill the vacant eight principal positions.

While APC is expected to produce the majority leader, deputy majority leader, chief whip and deputy chief whip, the four principal positions reserved for the minority caucus are minority leader, deputy minority leader, minority whip and deputy minority whip.

PDP, being the major opposition party, is expected to produce the minority leader, deputy leader, minority whip and deputy minority whip.

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Nominations for the positions are purely the affairs of political parties with the majority of seats in the senate.

Findings by NAN show that the major contenders for the senate majority leader’s seat include: Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) and Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno).
The duo were among the arrowheads of Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s campaign for the senate presidency.
Ndume served as the director-general of Akpabio’s campaign committee, while Bamidele was the deputy.

Also, Sen. Adamu Aliero (PDP-Kebbi) and Sen. Aminu Tambuwal (PDP-Sokoto) are contenders for the minority leader seat.

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