The chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje, has endorsed Ahmed Lawan to emerge as the next Nigeria’s Senate President.
This development occurred on Thursday, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting in Abuja, Goje said he took a decision to endorse Lawan in spite of the pressure for him to run for the office of Nigerian Senate President because he had been asked to do so by Mr. Buhari.
He said it is also to respect the wish of his party and to enhance unity in the party. The meeting was brokered by Kaduna State governor, Nasir El Rufai, who was also present, alongside the senator representing Kaduna central, Uba Sani.