By Nathaniel Zacchaeus in Abuja
Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has canvassed support for the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to become the President in the 10th National Assembly.
Fani-Kayode, a former Director of New Media for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Organisation also backed the emergence of Senator Sani Musa from Niger State as Deputy Senate President in the 10th National Assembly.
In a post on his verified Facebook page yesterday, Fani-Kayode said, “Senator Orji Kalu and Senator Sani Musa are both very close to me and I am proud to call them my brothers.
“I believe that the Nigerian Senate would be safe in their hands as Senate President and Deputy Senate President.
“Their loyalty to our great party the APC and our leader and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is unambiguous, total, and second to none and they are both seasoned, brilliant, courageous, tough, wise, and experienced public officers.
“What an extraordinary combination they would make as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively. This would be innovative and refreshing.
“Under their leadership, the opposition parties would have sleepless nights, the Senate would be strong, bold, and reliable, the APC would flourish and go from strength to strength and the Nigerian people would be the better for it.
“I wish them well in this race and they have not only my support but that of millions of other party leaders and supporters. (FFK)”
With the latest development, Fani-Kayode joins the list of other prominent groups and persons in the country who had thrown their weight behind the ambition of Kalu to emerge as the next President of the Senate, citing regional and religious balancing.
Some of them have expressed confidence that the relationships built by Kalu across religious and ethnic lines over the years would serve him and the nation well if he is given the chance to occupy the office of Senate President.
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress had yet to zone the National Assembly leadership positions.
It is believed that the party would do so soon following the return of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to the country ahead of the inauguration of his government on May 29.
