Nigeria's parliament backs Muslim as new vice-president

Haveeru Daily
May 18, 2010 - 12:00

ABUJA, May 18, 2010 (AFP) - Both houses of Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to approve Namadi Sambo, a northern Muslim, as new vice president of the country, maintaining a delicate religious and geographical balance in power.

The Senate was the first to clear Sambo, 55, governor of northern Kaduna state since 2007, unanimously giving him a clean bill of health in a vote that lasted less than three minutes.

Minutes later the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour, after a somewhat rowdy plenary session.

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