All 36 Governors Supporting The Choice of Akpabio as Next Senate President – Makinde

The Oyo State Governor, and Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Monday, revealed that all the 36 state governors have decided to support the choice of Senator Godswill Akpabio to emerge as the next Senate President.

Governor Makinde revealed that his colleagues, regardless of party lines, aligned with Senator Akpabio who is the choice of President Bola Tinubu as the next Senate President being a Christian from the South-South based on the need for fairness and equity.

While he distanced himself from believing in playing politics along religious lines, Governor Makinde explained that it was fair to have a Christian Senate President since the president and vice president were Muslims.

Makinde disclosed this while speaking at the post-second term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Fathers of Faith in Oyo State, held at Oritamefa Baptist Church, Total Garden, Ibadan.

The governor stressed that he and his colleagues from all the Nigerian 36 states were resolved to stand by their choice of the next Senate President and shame those he described as ‘enemies of the country.’

In his words, “We have an assignment and it is a big deal for this country. This time tomorrow, the leadership of the National Assembly will be known. Our reality is that there are enemies of this country. They believe in sowing seeds of discord.

“They tried it in Oyo State in the last election, the people of the state did not allow them and they went away in shame. And we will do it at the national level. Tomorrow, they will go away in shame. “We already have a president that is of Islamic faith; we have a Vice President who is of Islamic faith; the number three is the Senate President.

“We, the governors in Nigeria across party lines, came together and said we will support the choice of the president, who is a Christian from the South-South.

“We are not playing religious politics but what is fair is fair. We stood for Southern presidency. We stood for justice, fairness and equity as well; we are going to stand for equity, as well, in this regard.”

Stressing further, Makinde said the fathers of faith in Oyo State bought him into vying for a second term in office with the argument that he needed to consolidate upon his strides in his first term.

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