Lawan appoints ex-PDP spokesman Adeyeye as Senate ad-hoc C’ttee on Media and Public Affairs

A former member and national publicity secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, is now the new spokesman of the Senate.

This came as the Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday appointed him as chairman, Senate ad- hoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs.

Adeyeye had dumped the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), after failing to secure the party’s governorship election for the 2018 Ekiti State gubernatorial election.

He letter contested for senatorial position under the platform of the APC in 2019 general elections which he won.

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Senators to work with him as members of Senate ad- hoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs are Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, Uba Sani, Abba Moro, Betty Apiafi and Ifeanyi Uba.

According to Ahmed, the panel has the duty of interacting with the media and members of the public pending the commissioning of the standing committees for the ninth Senate.

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