There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will present a candidate to vie for the exalted office of the Senate president, even though the All Progressives Congress (APC) has majority in the 8th assembly.

But while the senators, as well as members of the House of Representatives eagerly await the APC leadership to announce the party’s zoning formula for principal offices, the PDP has started plotting on the best candidate to field that will get votes from majority of senators.

The APC got about 61 elected senators in the March 28 National Assembly election, while the PDP only had 49 senators elected in the election.

Senators Bukola Saraki from Kwara State, George Akume from Benue State and Adamu Abdullahi have indicated interest in the position amidst reports that the APC has zoned the position to the North Central.

The calculation of the PDP is that with several candidates emerging from the APC, the votes from the APC senators will be divided according to candidates they support, thereby reducing the number of votes for each candidate, while the PDP sole candidate will clinch the votes of all its members to retain the Senate president slot.

Some APC senators are already getting jittery over the development, saying the APC must put its house in order to avoid losing the opportunity it has to control the Senate.

Meanwhile, senators from the North East have insisted that for the sake of justice and fair play, the APC leadership should zone the Senate presidency to the zone which delivered the second highest number of votes to the party after the North West.

One of the senators who spoke to LEADERSHIP but didn’t want his name mentioned argued that because the North East region had been devastated as a result of the insurgency and has been the most marginalised in terms of infrastructural development, zoning the Senate seat to the North East would be some sort of compensation to them.

Going further, he noted that the zone has never been given the opportunity to occupy the exalted seat since the second Republic, adding that the North Central has always been occupying the position.

“Since 1999, the two North Eastern states of Borno and Yobe have been steadfast in the opposition, apart from Lagos State. Zoning the seat to the zone would encourage the people for their steadfastness,” he stated.



http://leadership.ng/news/427472/senate-presidency-pdp-begins-move-to-battle-apc

61+49=110

Nigeria has 109 Senators not 110

These goes a long way to show that APC are nothing but evil and confuse party and people

Waste of time,make i hear say pdp havd a say in the senate leadership again.
To Hell with Mark.

Omexonomy:
These goes a long way to show that APC are nothing but evil and confuse party and people

your signature said it all.
But can you explain?

hmmm

Poor Journalism from a APC Chieftain. 61 +49 =110

We have 109 Senators....where did the other one come frm?

Leadership is owned by Apc man nda isaiah. Nothing good is expected from them.

barcanista:
Poor Journalism from a APC Chieftain. 61 +49 =110

We have 109 Senators....where did the other one come frm?

Leadership is owned by Apc man nda isaiah. Nothing good is expected from them.

Where you there when the journalism claimed to support APC?

If no be because dem don abuse you enough, I'd have asked you to set fire to that log you're calling brain.

You're still feeling the effect of the election result. Someone needs to be with you on May 28-29th, I'd hate for you to commit suicide.

Omexonomy:
These goes a long way to show that APC are nothing but evil and confuse party and people

No be only Long way na shortcut.

I thought that d party with d highest number of senators will provide d senate president.. who is giving pdp hope?

When it comes to sharing the spoils, bandits are usually known to fight!

The PDP is a more united and cohessive party after the janjawiid defections so I see this scenario playing out

So now its possible for an Opposition to 'HEAD' the Assembly?? But wen Tambuwal Defected they said an Opposition cant 'HEAD' the assembly.,...,PDPppp.......Party of Hypocrites!!!!!!!!

BlackGirlsCode:


Where you there when the journalism claimed to support APC?

If no be because dem don abuse you enough, I'd have asked you to set fire to that log you're calling brain.

You're still feeling the effect of the election result. Someone needs to be with you on May 28-29th, I'd hate for you to commit suicide.

Always angry, bitter and violent. Son of Anger

If only David mark can rally 18. Middle belt senators to his side he will win the post and be eligible for 2019

BlackGirlsCode:


Where you there when the journalism claimed to support APC?

If no be because dem don abuse you enough, I'd have asked you to set fire to that log you're calling brain.

You're still feeling the effect of the election result. Someone needs to be with you on May 28-29th, I'd hate for you to commit suicide.

Read and re-read before commenting ..He is talking about a "minister in the making" that failed simple Mathematics.

Read between the lines.

NeilOssai:
So now its possible for an Opposition to 'HEAD' the Assembly?? But wen Tambuwal Defected they said an Opposition cant 'HEAD' the assembly.,...,PDPppp.......Party of Hypocrites!!!!!!!!

This post above is a classic example of your average NL politics section poster.

Rushing to post without reading the post but only the topic.

espn:
I thought that d party with d highest number of senators will provide d senate president.. who is giving pdp hope?

Do you know anybody called Tambuwal

dunkem21:

Read and re-read before commenting ..He is talking about a "minister in the making" that failed simple Mathematics.
Read between the lines.

Buhari sef scored an F9 in his fake wASC

Apc is full of almajiris

dunkem21:


Read and re-read before commenting ..He is talking about a "minister in the making" that failed simple Mathematics.

Read between the lines.

Likewise.

kettykin:
If only David mark can rally 18. Middle belt senators to his side he will win the post and be eligible for 2019

Your average middle belt politician is still in the 80's. Only their personal interests counts first.

barcanista:
Always angry, bitter and violent. Son of Anger

is this not the hate politics I told you about

PPAngel:


Buhari sef scored an F9 in his fake wASC

Apc is full of almajiris

Lol.

You remind me of the court case.

If the APC takes the Senate then you can expect the Senate to be a rubber stamp replica of what we have in State assemblies nationwide.

Under a PDP presidency and majority, the Senate was highly bi partisan when dealing with the presidency as evident with all the impeachment threats on the president since 1999 by mainly PDP senators.

With the APC controlled Senate and presidency, watch how the Senate will become a mere rubber stamp!

PPAngel:


This post above is a classic example of your average NL politics section poster.

Rushing to post without reading the post but only the topic.

...read it tru...seems like what pdp will do!!

dunkem21:


Do you know anybody called Tambuwal

u r talking about defection..even after his defection which party has d majority in house?

.

Let PDP just relax and work toward 2019
It's like fighting an already lost battle

lol

Hmmmm APC must not bleep this off oooo