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Senator-elect Godswill Akpabio has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest for Senate president.
Akpabio, who stated this after meeting with the President at his official residence in the President Villa, said as President of the Senate, he would work closely with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-led presidency to empower Nigerians, particularly the youth.
The Senator-elect said he also used the visit to thank the president for giving him the opportunity to serve as minister in his administration, adding that he presented his Certificate of Return to the number one citizen.
Asked what his programme for Nigerians would be if he becomes President of the Senate, Akpabio said ‘a lot of reforms’.
He added: “Akpabio is known as an uncommon transformer. Akpabio is known as a man who is results-oriented. Recall that when I was a governor, I brought a lot of innovations to bear, infrastructural, educational, social and otherwise, and also in terms of human empowerment. I intend to bring a lot of reforms into the Senate, in the ways and manners we do business, to assist the next administration to succeed. We will be very thorough in doing everything; we’ll bring about loyalty to the Constitution, we’ll bring about loyalty to Nigerians.
“We will tackle issues through legislations to empower Nigerians and particularly the youth. The restiveness that we are seeing across the nation, we’ll do our best to make good laws and to assist the administration to bring about policies that will empower the youths of the country.
“I made that promise even on the convention day, that being a man who used to turn boys into men and who still does, that I will like to work with the incoming president, who has also shown that example in Lagos State as a governor and thereafter as a leader of the APC in Nigeria. He has continued to turn boys into men and as the president of the country, after his swearing-in, I expect that he will continue to do so…”