Senate committees: APC gets 48 chairmanship slots, PDP 18

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Senate committees: APC gets 48 chairmanship slots, PDP 18

The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, on Monday, unveiled the 74 Standing Committees of the 10th Senate.

Of the 74 Standing Committees, senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress were named chairmen of 48.

The major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, got 18 chairmanship slots, while four slots ended in the hands of members of the Labour Party.

The Social Democratic Party got two chairmanship slots; the All Progressive Grand Alliance got one, while the Young People’s Party, also got one.

However, the New Nigeria Peoples Party got none.

Reacting to the spread of the chairmanship slots, Senator Siyako Anthony ( PDP Gombe South), said the list was being analysed by PDP senators.

Siyako, who got the Vice Chairmanship position of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGO, said it was too early to comment on whether the committees’ composition was lopsided.

He said, “I don’t want to see the composition of the committees from the perspective of political parties since Senate is one but the composition is still being analysed. Let’s see when the water settles.”

Another lawmaker who didn’t want to be mentioned also corroborated his colleague stating that they were still observing the situation.