The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, announced the list of principal officers sent to him by the leaderships of the All Progressives Party (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Lawan named Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy, while he also announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip.
Similarly, Lawan announced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the Deputy Leader and Senator Shabi Yau as the Deputy Whip.
They all formed the Body of Principal Officers also known as the Selection Committee, who is expected to assign senators to committees based on interest earlier shown by them.
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