Meanwhile, national chairman of the APC, Senator Abdulahi Adamu has described the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio as president of the Senate as a great relief for the party.
Speaking yesterday when Akpabio paid Sallah homage at his Keffi residence in Nasarawa State, Adamu urged members of the National Assembly to collaborate with the executive arm of government in the overall interest of Nigerians.
Adamu said, “I congratulate you and your deputy on your emergence as the President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate respectively. Your emergence was a great relief to the party.
“Contests for offices are over; it is now time for governance. There must be effective collaboration between the Legislature and the Executive in the overall interest of our people.
“Nigerians expect a lot through you and that can only be achieved through a united legislature and the executive working in sync in a bipartisan manner.
“As the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, you have the knowledge, experience and what it takes for the two arms of government to work in harmony for the peace and development of our country”.
Earlier, Akpabio who was accompanied to Adamu’s Keffi home by deputy president of the Senate, Jibrin Barau; Senators Dave Umahi, Ali Ndume, and Opeyemi Bamidele, said Sallah is a period to exchange love which is what Islam enjoins humans to do.
He described the party chairman as a man of integrity who piloted the recent zoning arrangements in the National Assembly that produced results.
Akpabio stated: “We are here to pay Sallah homage to a man of honour. To give respect to whom it is due. We thank the leadership of the party and the National Working Committee (NWC) through you for the role you played which led to the success of the National Assembly leadership elections. We also thank the Almighty Allah for keeping you alive and we pray that He keeps you alive in good health for more contributions to the development of the youth of this country.”
The Senate president reiterated that the 10th National Assembly will support the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to succeed.
