Lawmakers are major beneficiaries of Abdusalami's action in 1999 - Akpabio

June 13, 2026

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio

By Henry Umoru

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that members of the National and State Houses of Assembly were major beneficiaries of the decision of former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, to hand over power to a civilian administration in 1999.

In a statement by his Special Assistant On Media, Jackson Udom, Akpabio who stated this on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential villa during the public presentation of three books in honour of the former head of state and his 84th birthday celebration said,, “Your Excellency, on behalf of my colleagues, I thank you that patriotic action and decision you took on May 29th 1999. By that action, you restored democratic structures at both the National and state levels. We the lawmakers are major beneficiaries of that act of sacrifice in the over two decades.