READ 5 REASONS WHY BUKOLA SARAKI HAS ALREADY LOST THE SENATE PRESIDENCY

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President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Senator Ahmed Lawan as the most possible new Senate President. His candidacy was the most preferable because he matched all five criteria required by the president of Nigeria and APC from a person to fill this vacancy. These criteria listed below.

Buhari Lists 5 Criteria For The New Senate President

Lawan beats Saraki as the new Senate President?

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally announced Senator Ahmed Lawan, representing Yobe State, as the most possible new Senate President. His major rival contesting for this post is Bukola Saraki representing Kwara. However, in Muhammadu Buhari’s opinion, Ahmed Lawan matches best all five criteria demanded by the President of Nigeria and APC from the candidate for this position.

1. The next Senate president shouldn’t be embroiled in any of major corruption scandals, which could cast a shadow on his candidacy in public’s opinion.

2. The criterion required from the candidate is that he should be one of the most valuable political figures among senators qualifying for the post.

3. Muhammadu Buhari during the meeting between president and members of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress at Aso Rock. According to the results of the meeting, the person should represent another geo-political zone than the person who used to be the president of Senate.

“The president explained that the North Central part of Nigeria has held the Senate presidency for long enough. He therefore disclosed that the post should be allowed to move to another geo-political zone,” source who declined to be identified, informed the press on the results of the meeting.

4. Muhammadu Buhari also reportedly stated that the new Senate president should be from the zone which gave the majority of votes to APC during recent general election. Combining with the third criterion it means that, since the North East zone gave the ruling party the second largest number of votes in recent elections, the person to fill this position should represent exactly this geo-political zone of Nigeria.

5. The fifth criterion seems to be that Muhammadu Buhari simply doesn’t favour Bukola Saraki, despite the fact that many influential APC members are backing his candidacy.

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