Kano State outgoing governor, Ganduje has assured the former governor of Akwa Ibom State of his support to become the next Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Politics Nigeria reports.
Ganduje stated this on Thursday at a meeting with Cross River State outgoing governor, professor Ben Ayade, in Calabar, the state capital.
The Chief of staff to the outgoing president, professor Ibrahim Gambari, was also present at the meeting.
The Kano governor said the decision to nominate Akpabio was already a done deal, but he did not explain in details if it was a decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.
In his words:”The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the south-south and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom.
“The uncommon governor, the uncommon minister who is going to be the uncommon president of the senate. So we have resolved that.
“I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria.” he said.
Governor Ayade also expressed gratitude for the choice of Akpabio.
Ayade speaking on the same issue, “I want to thank you so much for zoning the senate president to the south-south and to our brother from a neighbouring state who is also part of Cross River state,” the governor said.
“We want to thank you for this great opportunity because our dream of a Bakassi seaport is becoming very real.”
Akpabio and Orji Kalu, a former governor of Abia state, are among the major two candidates from the south jostling for the senate president seat.
