Ninth Senate: Lawan names principal officers

Senate president Ahmad Lawan has announced the list of principal officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ninth senate.

Lawan named senator Abdullahi Yahaya as senate leader and Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy at the resumption of plenary.

Orji Uzor Kalu was announced as the chief whip while Abdullahi Sabi is the deputy chief whip.

Similarly, the senate president announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the minority leader and Phillip Aduda as minority whip.

Emmanuel Bwacha is the deputy minority leader while Sahabi Yau is the deputy minority whip.

The senate also constituted an adhoc committee to prepare its legislative agenda within two weeks.