Doguwa

Unverified rumors claim that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect, has chosen Senators Orji Uzor Kalu and Alhassan Ado Doguwa to lead the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 10th National Assembly, respectively.

According to news sources, the following individuals are reportedly vying for the position of Senate President: the incumbent, Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe North); Sani Musa (APC, Niger East); Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North); Jibrin Barau (APC, Kano North); Godswill Akpabio (APC, Akwa Ibom North-West); Deputy Senate leader, Abdul Ningi

Others are Borno’s Ali Ndume, the APC’s David Umahi from Ebonyi South, the APC’s Adams Oshiomhole from Edo North, and the APC’s Osita Izunaso from Imo State.

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Also, those battling to succeed Femi Gbajabiamila as Reps Speaker are Deputy Speaker Idris Wase; Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Betara; Chairman, Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi; Chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu; Chairman, Committee on Land Transport, Tajudeen Abbas; Chairman, Committee on Disaster Preparedness, Abdulraheem Olawuyi; Chairman, Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli; Makki Yalleman and Sani Jaji.

The decision of Kalu and Doguwa was approved over the weekend by the APC National Working Committee (NWC), a source told Vanguard.

The development also puts an end to weeks’ worth of discussion and rearranging of the deck regarding which geopolitical regions should produce the next Senate President and House Speaker.

The Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC is still keeping the list secret, according to APC insiders who asked not to be named. They also claimed that Senator Sani Musa from the North Central geopolitical zone has been penciled in for deputy senate president.

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Other senators who are expected to hold important positions in the Senate include Ali Ndume from the North East, who will serve as majority leader, Solomon Olamilekan from the Southwest region, who will serve as deputy chief whip, and Aliyu Wamakko from the North West, who will serve as chief whip. Adams Oshiomhole has been chosen to fill the position of deputy senate leader for the South South.

After lengthy discussion, it was reported that APC NWC members decided against the urgent need for a Muslim Senate President. They said that the party had already produced a Muslim president and vice president-elect but preferred a Muslim speaker for the House of Representatives.

“Although, there have been back and forth arguments on which region should produce the Senate president, our party understands that most of these arguments are valid. However, when you look at the outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the issue of regional imbalance both at the National Assembly and the executive caused a lot problems for his government and our party wants to avoid that beginning with the zoning of the National Assembly leadership positions, especially the Senate presidency going to the Southeast,” one of the sources, an NWC member, said.

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Vanguard claims that Tinubu held off on declaring his support for Doguwa as Speaker until after the results of the supplementary elections were known.

According to a source close to Doguwa, the majority leader of the House “enjoys a very cordial relationship with Asiwaju,” and “Doguwa is very much in the race and will not back down.”

Alhasan Ado Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, has been proclaimed the winner of the election for the Doguwa and Tudunwada Federal Constituency, according to Newsmen.

At the recently completed supplemental elections held across eight wards in the Tudunwada local government, the Returning Officer, Professor Sani Ibrahim, revealed the outcome.

The INEC representative claims that Doguwa received the most votes, 41,573.

Yushau Salisu of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) was defeated by Doguwa, who is apparently vying for the position of House of Representatives Speaker, after receiving 34,831 votes.

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Recall that due to violence and excessive voting, the constituency declared the election on February 25th inconclusive.

Additionally, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, the returning officer for the election on February 25, claimed to have announced the outcome under duress.

Yakasai had initially proclaimed Doguwa the victor, but INEC later declared the results invalid.

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