The ruling party announced its choice for principal positions of the 10th National Assembly.
Aside from the geo-political areas to which it zoned top offices, the All Progressives Congress, APC, attached its preferred people to occupy the offices.
The party’s National Working Committee, NWC, ratified the arrangement at its meeting in Abuja, according to its spokesman Felix Morka.
Senator Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom Northwest is tipped as Senate president and Senator Barau Jibrin, Kano North as Deputy Senate President.
Also nominated are Tajudeen Abass o Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State as Speaker, House of Representatives and Benjamen Kalu of Bende Federal Constituency, Abia State as Deputy Speaker.
The election for principal officers is the first assignment the two chambers will take place after their inauguration next month.
