{"id":57832,"date":"2024-12-11T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57832"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:28:23","slug":"62-senate-leader-praises-akpabios-leadership-says-tinubu-sleeps-well-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/11\/62-senate-leader-praises-akpabios-leadership-says-tinubu-sleeps-well-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"@62: Senate Leader Praises Akpabio\u2019s Leadership, Says Tinubu Sleeps Well with Him&#8230;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has lauded the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, attributing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s peace of mind to Akpabio\u2019s stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele made this remark on Monday during a gathering at Akpabio\u2019s Abuja residence, where senators, political associates, and dignitaries converged to celebrate his 62nd birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The impromptu event was graced by the management team of the National Assembly, led by the newly appointed Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana.<\/p>\n<p>Others present included Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, former Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu, friends, and staff of the Office of the Senate President.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester Okonkwo, Akpabio\u2019s Chief of Staff, presented birthday cards and gifts on behalf of the staff.<\/p>\n<p>During his speech, Bamidele extolled Akpabio\u2019s leadership qualities, emphasizing his significant role in ensuring stability in the Senate and earning the President\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know one of the reasons President Tinubu is able to sleep well is because he has you as the President of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe trusts you, depends on you, and takes your words very seriously,\u201d Bamidele said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Leader also noted that his colleagues are proud of Akpabio\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very proud of you and the kind of leadership you provide. On behalf of my colleagues, I want to thank you for who you are,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration highlighted the confidence reposed in Akpabio by his peers and the presidency, marking his 62nd birthday as a moment of recognition for his impactful leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has lauded the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, attributing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s peace of mind to Akpabio\u2019s stewardship. Bamidele made this remark on Monday during a gathering at Akpabio\u2019s Abuja residence, where senators, political associates, and dignitaries converged to celebrate his 62nd birthday. The impromptu event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":57624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57854,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57832\/revisions\/57854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}