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  It has been alleged by Nyesom Wike, a former Governor of Rivers State, that individuals who are against the idea of zoning the Senate presidency to the South-South region intentionally obstruct President Bola Tinubu's progress in the National Assembly. . He submitted that anybody who loves and believes in the country's unity and wants Tinubu to succeed would not hesitate to ensure that the next Senate President comes from the oil-rich region, as already determined by the President and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership. During a media chat yesterday in Port Harcourt, Wike stated: "There is something going (on) in the country now about the Senate presidency and the House leadership, and everybody knows my position. The (Senate) presidency should come to the South-South. We are not talking about the country's presidency now; we are done with that. "If you agree that (Senate) presidency should go to the south, tell me the truth, where should it g

  The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has told Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that he (Tinubu) owed him nothing but that “You have to lobby me to collect”. Tinubu said this today (Wednesday) in Port Harcourt, the state capital, during the inauguration of the Rumuokuta Flyover, while responding to a request by Governor Wike, who asked for refunds on federal projects undertaken by states of the federation. Justifying the proposal and why his administration has been able to deliver several significant projects seamlessly, Wike had told Tinubu: “Part of why we have uncompleted projects has to do with our procurement laws. If you follow the procurement law, it will take very long to complete tasks. “When you give a contractor 15%, inflation is rising almost every day; before you give another money, they will call for variation because of increasing cost of materials.“In our case, I call Mr Speaker to say we can’t continue this. We had to amend our procurement law to give us the