The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said the leadership of the National Assembly is pushing for a return ticket for lawmakers who lost during the primaries. Akpabio said the senate leadership was surprised by the high number of ‘casualties’ recorded during the primaries. He disclosed that the leadership of the Senate is exploring possible ways to address some of the outcomes of the primaries across party lines.
As reported by Premium Times, he stated this while welcoming senators back from a four-week recess to participate in their respective party primaries.
The Senate president congratulated his colleagues who lost their tickets, assuring them that efforts were ongoing to address the situation.
According to Daily Trust, about 40 senators across the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), among other lost the primaries.
“I felicitate, particularly those who have secured their mandates to represent their parties in the next election. I know that there will always be victories and disappointments, yet above every individual triumph stands a greater triumph, the triumph of democracy itself. “And in this Senate, we have promised that we will have very few disappointments, and I do know that the Senate leader and the leadership of the Senate are working very hard towards that, so in advance, I will say congratulations to all of us across party lines.”
Senators Ned Nwoko, Gbenga Daniel, Danjuma Goje, Rufai Hanga, Neda Imasuen, and Jubril Isah are among the powerful lawmakers who lost their return tickets.
