10th Senate Presidency: Governor Yahaya Bello Endorses Senator Akpabio, Barau
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Wednesday described the aspirations of Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau for the positions of the Senate President and Deputy of the 10th Senate as his personal project that he would work to achieve for the stability of the President Bola Tinubu Presidency.
He also stated that the former Minister Niger Delta Affairs, was his role model and his style of governance really endeared him to want to be like him, particularly his uncommon transformation documentary which he passionately watched on the Television when he was the governor of Akwa Ibom State.
He disclosed that because of his trust in the leadership prowess of Akpabio, “even before the issue of zoning came up on who to endorse for the position of the Senate President, I had already told our three Senators to team up with Akpabio. Please when you emerge the Senate President by the special grace of God, have Kogi State and the development of the North Central zone in your mind, particularly the completion and commissioning of the over 90 percent execution of Ajaokuta Steel Company.”
Receiving members of the Senate Stability Group, who came to thank him for his support for the Akpabio/Barau project in Abuja, the former All Progressives presidential aspirant said, “it is the practice allover the world that presidents and even governors show special interest in who leads the legislative arm of government for unity of purpose towards delivering dividends of democracy”.
He opined that President Tinubu was not demanding too much from the lawmakers on his choices for the leadership of the 10th Senate in the persons of Senators Akpabio and Barau, saying “even America’s democracy is guided, you can’t have it all. If you don’t guide it, we would be moving in different directions.
” I have therefore taken over the choices of the President and the leadership of our party for the positions of the Senate President.
Adam Mustapha.
