The Senate as a Nest for ex-Governors

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Shola Oyeyipo writes that with 22 former governors in the Senate, the upper chamber of the National Assembly is fast becoming the retirement succour for erstwhile heads of state executives

Of the 109 lawmakers in the Upper Chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly, 22 are former governors who opted to extend their political relevance by remaining in the Senate. Their prolonged political life comes at a huge to the polity.

Senate President Bukola Saraki (Kwara), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Theodore Orji (Abia), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), Sam Egwu (Ebonyi), Shaaba Lafiagi (Kwara), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (Sokoto), Ahmed Sani Yarima (Zamfara), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), George Akume (Benue), are some of the ex-governors in the…



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