The People’s Democratic Party says it is consulting among members of the minority caucus of the senate over the minority leadership positions in the upper chamber
Rising from its National Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, the PDP has resolved to convey the list of nominated members to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio
The move is seen as an attempt by the PDP to take full charge of the process of who emerges as minority leaders in order to provide effective opposition in the APC controlled senate
This is coming amid reports that certain forces in the PDP with cordial relationship with the APC, want to influence the emergence of a compliant minority leader that will offer weak opposition in the senate
The senate is expected to elect its principal officers when it resumes on Tuesday
In a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, the PDP which has 36 seats in the senate “stressed the need to provide a stable opposition at the National Assembly.
