The Senator representing Kano South at the Senate, Kabiru Gaya has declared his intention to run for the office of the Deputy Senate President.
Gaya, who won his re-election for the 9th Senate, announced the bid while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
While assuring his colleagues of inclusiveness, the lawmaker said he possessed the required qualification to contest for the position and to emerge winner.
According to him, he is a ranking senator, having been in the senate since 2007.
He also said as an Architect who designed prominent buildings around the country and having been a governor of Kano State, he was qualified to occupy the position.
On concerns that his intention negates zoning arrangement, Gaya said: “My emergence as deputy senate president is a matter of balancing.”
“We have the Vice President from the South and we are giving the South West the Speaker. So, there is nothing wrong with having President Muhammadu Buhari and deputy Senate President from the same zone,” he said.
He said he was consulting within and outside his zone to get the support of all those concerned, particularly the lawmakers.
The APC had endorsed Senator Ahmed Lawan from the North East for the position of the Senate President.
However, some APC Senators like Ali Ndume and Danjuma Goje had also indicated interest in the Senate President’s seat.