Godswill Akpabio
President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2023
Summary
Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the 15th president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He was first elected as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in 2015, lost in the 2019 senatorial elections and won in the 2023 elections. He also served as minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 up till 2022 when he resigned to seek re-election into the Nigerian senate. He had previously served as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015.
Originally created by Aymatth2
1/1/2010, 2:36:47 PM
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