The Chairman Senate Committee on Banking Insurance and other Financial Institutions Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru has been elected as the Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum.
Abiru (APC Lagos East) took over from Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who has been the chairman of the forum since the 9th Assembly.
Speaking after his emergence following a meeting of Senators from the South West, South South and the South East, Abiru indicated that they will partner with the Northern Senators forum to move the country forward.
“This forum, the Southern Senators forum is to champion the course of Nigeria and Nigerians. We have our Northern brothers with the Northern Senators Forum. We will work together with the Northern Senators forum to move the country forward,” Abiru said.
According to him, they will swing into action and roll out their plans for the betterment of the region and Nigeria adding that the last leadership has transferred power to them.
“The last leadership has transferred power to us. We’ve been running the forum as if we don’t exist.
“The present leader of the Senate was the leader of the Southern Senators forum. He was too engaged on other issues but we now have new leadership which is headed by me,” Abiru said.
The vice chairman of the forum is Sen Victor (Umeh Anambra Central); the Secretary is Mpigi Barinada (Rivers South East), the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the forum is Asuquo Ekpenyong (Rivers South) while Kenneth Eze (Ebonyi Central) emerged as the treasurer of the forum