Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda (FCT) has been appointed to the position of Minority Leader.
The announcement was made by Senate President Ahmad Lawan in a letter read during plenary on Tuesday.
Samuel Anyanwu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Secretary, signed the letter.
Lawan also announced Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the Senate Minority Whip.
The seat of the Minority Leader became vacant following the defection of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) from the PDP.
In other news, the Nigerian Senate has received the executive communication with the nomination of six names as replacements for ministers that resigned to contest the presidential election.
President Muhammadu Buhari said the nominees would replace the former ministers who had resigned from his cabinet in a letter read by Senate President Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawa on Tuesday.