Bukola Saraki Moves Against APC Announces Ali Ndume & Bala Ibn Na’allah As Senate Leader & Deputy Senate Leader Respectively

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has gone against his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC in  announcing Senator Ali Ndume and Senator Bala Ibn Na’allah as Senate Leader and Deputy Senate Leader respectively.

Mr. Lawan lost the senate presidency election to Bukola Saraki, despite being the party’s official candidate.

The party insists its preferred candidates who failed to be elected president and speaker for the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, be elected Majority Leaders in both chambers.

The crisis has stalled legislative business in both arms of the National Assembly for weeks.

The Senate on Thursday officially nominated Mr. Ndume, from Borno State, as Majority Leader.

It also nominated Bala Ibn Na’alla as deputy leader. Mr. Na’alla, a former House of Representatives member, is from Kebbi state.
The Senate also nominated Francis Alimikhena, from Edo State, as Deputy Chief Whip.

The nominations are subject to approval.