Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has noted that former Akwa Ibom governor and minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio should emerge the next president of the senate.
Ganduje made this known during a meeting with his Cross River counterpart, Ben Ayade, in Calabar, the state capital.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, was also present at the meeting.
According to Ganduje, the decision to nominate Akpabio was already a done deal but failed to explain if it was a collective decision made by the entire All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.
The Kano-born politician, also said that the decision to nominate Akpabio has been resolved.
He said “The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the south-south and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom.
“I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria.”
The Upper Chamber will decide the next Senate President following the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29.