Ahmed Lawan Elected As Senate President... As Gbajabiamila secures Speakership seat.

Ahmed Lawan
The Senator representing Yobe North constituency, Ahmed Lawan, has won the leadership position of the ninth National Assembly.

Senator Lawan defeated his opponent Ali-Ndume with 79 votes from the lawmakers, thereby making him the Senate President.

His victory was announced by the clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, who added that 107 senators cast their votes.
He was immediately sworn-in by the clerk of the National Assembly.
Senator Lawan who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999, at different times Lawan chaired the House Committees on education and agriculture.
He later became a Senator in 2007 and in 2008, he became a member of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Constitution Review.
In 2009, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Lawan initiated and sponsored the Desertification Control Commission Bill.
On June 6, 2019, another contender for the seat of the Senate President, Senator Danjuma Goje stepped down for Senator Lawan after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
However, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege emerged as the Deputy Senate President of the Ninth Assembly.
The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated his closest opponent Ike Ekweremadu a former Deputy Senate President and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Meanwhile, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Ninth Assembly.

Gbajabiamila who is a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 281 votes defeatinghis close contender Mohammed Bago who got 76 votes.

A total of 358 lawmakers voted and there was one invalid vote.
Gbajabiamila assumed office in 2003, representing Surelere 1 Federal Constituency.
In 2011, he contested for a third term on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria and won.
On the other hand, Honourable Ahmed Wase has equally Emerged as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Wase was elected unopposed by about 358 lawmakers.

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