Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has bared his mind on President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s choice of Godswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin as Senate President and Deputy respectively.

He said: “Don’t forget that Tinubu as a former two-term Governor and also a former Senator himself knows what he is doing.”

“Therefore, the choice of Akpabio and Barau Jibrin was not merely done, he did it to have a team that will be by him in running of his government.”

“Yes it is true that there are other regions who are gunning for the Senate Presidency, but did they support APC during the presidential elections? Do they have the required political pedigree in maintaining the party strength and support even beyond 2023? I doubt much.”

“The Senate Red Chamber is very critical in running of any government to a success as the senators decide who becomes what in any government through the screening of the appointees, therefore, the President needs somebody that he will trust to help him as Senate President.”

“The designers of the Nigerian and American constitutions made it mandatory and legal that the Senate, not even the House of Representatives, has the powers to scrutinise and determine who is appointed to every political office in the countries by divine probity.”