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Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 11:47am On May 04, 2015
THE race for the top positions in the 8th session of the Senate which is expected to be ‎to be inaugurated on June 4, has recorded a twist with the emergence of former Zamfara State governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima, as the likely next Senate Majority Leader.

This is the outcome of a meeting of a caucus of Northwest Senators in Abuja‎ during which the issue of leadership of the next Senate was thoroughly discussed. With a total of 21 Senators, the Northwest enjoys an advantage against its only challenger for the position, the Southwest, ‎which has 18 senators made up of 13 All Progressive Congress (APC) Senators and five from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

At that meeting, Senators were said to have argued in favour of having the most ranking among them to become the Senate Majority leader in strict compliance with Senate ranking rule which dictated that election of persons into positions of Senate leadership should be based on the order of ranking. Members of the caucus were also said to have resolved to reach out to Senators and Senators-elect from other ‎zones for support.

Yerima was first elected into the Senate in 2007 and since then had remained a principal officer. In his first term, he was elected Minority Whip and in 2011, became the Deputy Minority Leader.

The Senate Majority leader plays key roles in the workings of the Upper Legislative Chamber and the Senate Standing Rule in its section 28 simply made the Majority Leader the manager of Senate businesses.

At the moment, the crisis generated by the struggle for power in the leadership of the next Senate seemed to be over with a decision by the APC leadership to push the Senate President slot to the North East and that of the Senate Deputy President to the North Central.

However the caucus of the Southwest in the Senate, which is also seeking to produce the next Senate Leader, has continued it’s quiet lobby among various stakeholders.


The failure of the APC to produce ranking Senator from the Southeast and South-South zones has restricted the election of persons to position of leadership in the next Senate to only four zones of Northwest, Northeast, North-Central and Southwest.

The fact that the Southwest had produced the Vice-President and has been positioned to take the position of the House of Representatives’ ‎ Speaker has been a major threat to its quest to getting another key position.

Baring any last minute change in the arrangement, the Northwest would take the position of Senate Majority Leader in addition to the position of the President while the Southwest would take the position of Speaker in addition to the position of Vice-President. The Northeast and North-Central would take the positions of the Senate President and Deputy President respectively.‎

In the Second Republic, the Senate Majority Leader became a powerful position in the Nigerian legislature and the the prominence and prestige of that office was made possible by a former Senate Leader, the late Senator Abubakar Olusola Saraki.

In a Newspaper interview a few years ago, the senior Saraki gave insight into how the defunct National Party of Party (NPN), as a political party, was able to work and have a harmonious relationship with the legislature. He said the party leaders and leaders in the parliament would meet, ponder over party positions and then, agreed on what should be the party position.

According to him, whatever was agreed at that level was what would happen on the floor of the Senate the following day; hence the harmonious relationship between the party and the legislature.

Since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999, however, this has not been the case. What is not in doubt is that the role of the Senate Majority Leader is still a very important one as whoever occupies that office serves as a link between his colleagues in the legislature and the executive arm of government.

Abdallah Wali (Sokoto State) became Senate Leader in June 1999 and was later succeeded by Samaila Mamman (Katsina State). In 2003, the Northwest occupied the position with Senator (now Ambassador) Dalhatu Sarki Tafida from Kaduna State occupying the office. In 2007, the position shifted to the Southwest and Senator Teslim Folarin from Oyo State got it. In 2011, because Folarin could not make it back to the Senate, his deputy, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), amid stiff opposition from the Northeast, got the post.




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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 11:50am On May 04, 2015
With the way things are going it is looking like Nigeria belongs to the North especially now that they were able to seize power from Jonathan this year as they boasted earlier.

Imagine planning to install another Hausa/fulani as Senate majority leader to work with Buhari also from the core north.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:00pm On May 04, 2015
EUROBOMBER:
With the way things are going it is looking like Nigeria belongs to the North especially now that they were able to seize power from Jonathan this year as they boasted earlier.

Imagine planning to install another Hausa/fulani as Senate president to work with Buhari also from the core north.

I'm shocked you of all people is surprised at this development!

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by fitzmayowa: 12:04pm On May 04, 2015
Cradle robber as majority leader, we are in trouble in this country...SMH

In a sane country people like yerima should be cooling down in jail, not rewarded politically...SMH

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:04pm On May 04, 2015
dearpreye:


I'm shocked you of all people is surprised at this development!

For how long will all this continue? Which way for the South? Look at the last presidential election results and you will observe that Just Kano & Katsina states made Buhari win the election. embarassed

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by frisky2good(m): 12:05pm On May 04, 2015
What are the functions / duties of a majority leader and how does that position affect the life of the average Nigerian? (20 MARKS)

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:05pm On May 04, 2015
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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Acidosis(m): 12:06pm On May 04, 2015
Senator Yerima the virgin finder grin

Virgin google

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by hotgunz(m): 12:06pm On May 04, 2015
This same yerima dat marry underage girls? Or anoda yerima tongue wat a great change

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Pangea: 12:06pm On May 04, 2015
A pedophile ?

Buhari need to do alot about all these dead weights they are foistering on him!
He should know that his number one loyalty is to the Nigerians that voted him in and not some political liabilities hell bent on tarnishing and diluting his impeccable stance.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by dotna(m): 12:06pm On May 04, 2015
how about saraki

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by okooloyun1(m): 12:07pm On May 04, 2015
The day Yerima become Nigeria Senate majority leader i will trek from Lagos to Zamfara.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Rexphobia(m): 12:07pm On May 04, 2015
The game of Thrones.... Power belongs to the king of the North... He can do whatever he likes with it.






In other news, I think we should organise a census, we really need to know the number of people in the North and by extension, in Nigeria. Why? They may just continue to decide for the majority of Nigerian with this bloc voting tendency...



I dare say, weighted average of votes may be considered

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by mytime24(f): 12:08pm On May 04, 2015
Issoki


Child abuser

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by nduchucks: 12:09pm On May 04, 2015
In a democracy, members of the senate elect their leaders. There will be posturing before they do the choosing and that posturing is quite normal and healthy.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by mankini(f): 12:09pm On May 04, 2015
A child molester tipped to be senate president, which way naija. SMH.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by MizMyColi(f): 12:10pm On May 04, 2015
angry

sad

undecided

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Burger01(m): 12:10pm On May 04, 2015
angry
Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by hansad: 12:11pm On May 04, 2015
Oh Yes, we are getting there; with the harbinger of sharia criminal laws in Nigeria as Nigeria's Senate leader; Nigeria a sharia Islamic country is a question of time.

In 2000, the 12 northern states adopted sharia criminal laws that include stoning women to death for adultery, cutting hands of petty thieves, marriage of under-aged girls.

In 2001, in Kaduna, Buhari charged Muslims to ensure that sharia criminal laws are employed in all over Nigeria.

Shortly after, Boko Haram emerged and its earliest reasons which it gave and which it has repeated is that it is fighting for a country friendly with sharia criminal laws.

After 6 years of fighting by BH, Buhari won election to become president; after three earlier loses.

Once Buhari winning the election became imminent, Boko Haram started to fold shops. Sambisa forest became easily accessible without any one sabotaging Nigeria Army.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:11pm On May 04, 2015
Lock up your minors.

A Paedo is becoming a leader.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by omenka(m): 12:11pm On May 04, 2015
I don't support this. angry

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:12pm On May 04, 2015
EUROBOMBER:


For how long will all this continue? Which way for the South? Look at the last presidential election results and you will observe that Just Kano & Katsina states made Buhari win the election. embarassed

It's so sad brother. It's a matter of time!

I'm not in the mood now!

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by uzolexis(f): 12:12pm On May 04, 2015
hmmmm
Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by IbokUtoroh(m): 12:13pm On May 04, 2015
frisky2good:
What are the functions / duties of a majority leader and how does that position affect the life of the average Nigerian? (20 MARKS)








the functions includes 1. emm pls can i take it home as an assignment?

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by NCOIM(m): 12:13pm On May 04, 2015
frisky2good:
What are the functions / duties of a majority leader and how does that position affect the life of the average Nigerian? (20 MARKS)

In this case,, I have two answers for question 1

1. Looting
2.Underage .marriage
3 Reckless spending of our money!!!


The effects includes

1. Encourages 50/50 mentality
2.Encourages Underage marriage

Oya,,,Give me my marks grin grin

I no do expo o

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by Nobody: 12:13pm On May 04, 2015
I'm fully in support of this! Good way to go.

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Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by aniyphil: 12:14pm On May 04, 2015
mankini:
A child molester tipped to be senate president, which way naija. SMH.

Obviously you didn't read the post smiley . . .but you're fine though grin
Re: Yerima Tipped To Be The Next Senate Majority Leader by NCOIM(m): 12:14pm On May 04, 2015
Naija!!!


What hath thou done to deserve these old looters? sad

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