Tinubu fails to unveil Akpabio,Abass as preferred candidates for 10th NASS leadership

Ahead of the National Assembly' s swearing- in on June 13, there are strong indications that the process is proceeding with an uneasy calm. This is because President Bola Tinubu failed to unveil the former governor of Akwa Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Tajudeen Abass as the preferred candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the posts of Senate President and House Speaker, respectively.

According to a source who spoke to Vanguard on Wednesday, President Tinubu should have announced that Akpabio and Abass are the party' s candidates during the brief time he spoke at a meeting between senators- elect and members of the House of Representatives at the presidential villa, but he did not do so, raising some concerns among party members and stakeholders.

The source claims that Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the APC, did not take the chance to mention the names of Akpabio and Abass.

The APC National Chairman, who is reported to have spoken for less than two minutes, thanked the elected lawmakers for attending while also stating that the meeting was called at the President' s request. He pleaded with them to pay attention.

According to the source, Senator Ahmad Lawan, the president of the Senate, and the new chief of staff for the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, were equally inconsequential.

Even more unrealistically, lawmakers' hopes that President Tinubu would put the finishing touches on the cake

" This whole thing has honestly become very confusing to most of us, " the insider stated. When the president met with us for the first time since taking office, we believed that all the commotion around Tinubu' s support for Abbas and Akpabio would come to a stop this evening. "

" You can imagine that even the Speaker of the House of Representatives, whom we believed to be practically resolved for Abbass, is still in doubt. Particularly following the president' s meeting with the group, we received the impression that the G- 6 was fractured. What prevented him from telling the Representatives that, even though our situation in the Senate seemed more precarious?

" Keep in mind, the majority of us are merely supporters of certain candidates; they were hoping the President would say it on his own, but now that he is being evasive, it is not at all evident to us. "

" Since the Yari and Kalu alliance appears to have the support of the majority of retired northern generals, the Gbajabiamila group is planning to quickly nominate Professor Julius Ihonvbere as a potential speaker if Yari ultimately prevails. "

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No wahala

The members are all matured folks who should be allowed to choose their leaders without interference

Something that is already sealed for Akpabio

Did Orji Kalu pay you to publish this?

Tinubu is a strategist. He doesn't need to unveil anybody now. Just wait for it.