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Nigerian Leading Opposition Party PDP Endorses Saraki, Dogara For NASS Leadership as Buhari meets APC lawmakers

Senator Bukola Saraki
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed Senator Bukola Saraki for the position of Senate President and Honourable Yakubu Dogara as House of Representatives Speaker respectively.
This was the resolution of the party exco made public in a statement issued on Tuesday morning, urged its senators and members-elect in the National Assembly to vote the two lawmakers.
The party move in the direction of t=a party that commands the minority population of both chambers of the National Assembly , with the hope to install caandidate that will be PDP friendly even from the ruling party.
Its an onslaught to counters the position of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, whose adopted candidates are Femi Gbajabiamila for the position of Speaker, and Ahmed Lawan for the position of Senate President.
Meanwhile, just hours before the election at the National Assembly principal officers election to be held, President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with all Senators  and House of Representatives elect of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday  at 9 am at the International Conference Centre Abuja.
Mr. Buhari returned to the country at about 1a.m. from Germany where he attended the meeting of the G7 countries.

The spokesperson for the APC, Lai Mohammed, who announced the meeting also urged all concerned to attend.
The APC has been enmeshed in crisis in the build up to the election of new Principal Officers for the National Assembly.
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