The Senate, on Thursday, held a valedictory session to honour former Senate President Joseph Wayas, three years after his passing on November 30, 2021, at the age of 80. Wayas, who represented the Calabar Senatorial District, served as Senate President under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) from 1979 to 1983 during Nigeria’s Second Republic. […]

Mr Wayas, the senate president between 1979 and 1983, died in 2021.