Akpabio will be Senate president – Uzodinma

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has expressed confidence that Senator Godswill Akpabio will emerge as the next president of the 10th Senate.

He made this known while speaking with pressmen after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said the committee set up by President Tinubu to resolve the controversy over the forthcoming leadership race has achieved substantial progress.

Uzodinma, who is also the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, said the move was in collaboration with the outgoing Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

He also assured that Lawan would work for the emergence of the preferred candidates of the party.

A new set of leadership of the National Assembly will emerge tomorrow.

This is as the race for the Senate presidency has been tied among the trio of Akpabio, Abdulaziz Yari and Orji Kalu.

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