Another round of meeting has been scheduled between president Bola Tinubu and lawmakers-elect over principal office positions at the 10th NASS.
Recall that the ruling party has been battling to settle dispute among returning and freshly elected lawmakers over zoning arrangements for principal positions at the 10th NASS.
The meeting which is tagged very crucial will hold today by 7pm at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives, including those from opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and Labour Party are expected to attend the highly important meeting.
According to the organisers, the meeting is scheduled to kick-off at 7pm. at the State House, Abuja.
It was gathered that the invitation to the meeting was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijanni Umar, on behalf of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Gbajabiamila, the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, was recently appointed as Tinubu’s Chief of Staff.
The current ninth session of the National Assembly will end on June 11, while the 10th session will be inaugurated on June 13.
In between these periods, a new leadership is expected to emerge through an election by the lawmakers.
It is, therefore, not clear if the outgoing senators and members of the House will participate in the meeting, as the invitation does not indicate such.
However, it is speculated that it is one of the ways the president is using to persuade the opposition lawmakers to support his nominees for the leadership of the two chambers.
Pundits following political developments in Nigeria believe that Tinubu is reportedly backing former Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio and the current senator for Kano North, Barau Jibrin, for the positions of senate president and deputy senate president, respectively.