{"id":11377,"date":"2019-06-11T13:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2019-06-11T13:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T13:14:45","slug":"how-fani-kayode-reacted-to-ahmed-lawans-emergence-as-senate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-fani-kayode-reacted-to-ahmed-lawans-emergence-as-senate-president","title":{"rendered":"How Fani-Kayode reacted to Ahmed Lawan\u2019s emergence as Senate President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation minister, has congratulated Senator Ahmed Lawan from Yobe North on his emergence as the Senate President.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan Tuesday was declared winner of the election to the office of the Senate Presidency of the 9th National Assembly after he polled the highest number of votes.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a hitch-free election on Tuesday at the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The election, which was presided by Mohammed Ataba-Omolori, saw the Yobe Senator scoring 79 votes after ballots sorting.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting in a tweet, Fani-Kayode wrote: \u201cCongratulations to Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan who has emerged as Nigeria\u2019s Senate President. 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