{"id":39358,"date":"2015-06-09T15:25:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=39358"},"modified":"2015-06-09T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T14:26:24","slug":"saraki-emerges-senate-president-ekweremadu-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/saraki-emerges-senate-president-ekweremadu-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraki Emerges Senate President, Ekweremadu, Deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara state has emerged the president of the 8th\u00a0assembly.\u00a0 He was elected unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ike Ekweremadu (PDP) from Enugu state defeated Senator Ali Ndume\u00a0from Borno state (APC) after scoring 44 votes to emerge the Deputy Senate<br \/>\nPresident, a position he held in the last assembly. Ndume had 20 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 51 senators from the APC\u00a0boycotted the session.<\/p>\n<p>Saraki, a medical doctor by training is former two term governor of Kwara\u00a0state. He is a second term senator. He has been sworn-in by the clerk of\u00a0the national assembly.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara state has emerged the president of the 8th\u00a0assembly.\u00a0 He was elected unopposed. 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