{"id":12241,"date":"2019-07-02T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=12241"},"modified":"2019-07-02T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:30:25","slug":"breaking-9th-senate-appoints-principal-officers-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-9th-senate-appoints-principal-officers-full-list","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 9th Senate appoints Principal Officers [FULL LIST]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Of the 9th Senate, Ahmad Lawan has announced the lists sent to him by leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the new Senate Leader is Senator Abdullahi Yahaya with Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe was also announced as the Minority Leader and Senator Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Emmanuel Bwacha is the new Deputy Leader and Senator Shabi Yau as the Deputy Whip. 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