Tag: Speaker
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Normalcy returns to Bayelsa Assembly as new speaker holds plenary
Peace returned to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Friday after the rancour that heralded the ouster of its Speaker, Emmanuel Tonye Isenah. The new Speaker of the House, Monday Obolo, reconvened the Assembly for the first time and deliberated on issues affecting oil-producing and impacted communities in the state. Isenah was removed in…
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JUST IN: Tension in Bauchi Assembly as APC, PDP lawmakers elect separate Speakers
A mild drama played out at the Bauchi State House of Assembly on Thursday when 11 members out of 31 elected a new speaker. According to reports, 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members convened at the House about 6 am to elect the new speaker unopposed without 20 other members of the opposition All Progressives…
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Ninth House: The Intrigues, Political Forces that led Gbajabiamila to victory
From Jonas Ike, Abuja There is no gainsaying that the election of the Senate President, Speaker, Deputy Senate President and Deputy Speaker of the two chambers of the National Assembly has come and gone with intrigues and permutations now laid to rest. With the emergence of Sen.Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the third…
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Oluomo emerges Speaker of Ogun 9th Assembly
Mr Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo-1), the immediate past deputy speaker of Ogun House of Assembly was on Monday elected as the Speaker of the 9th Assembly. Oluomo was elected after his nomination by Mr Olakunle Sobukola (APC -Ikenne) and seconded by Mr Adegoke Adeyanju (ADC-Yewa North 1) shortly after the inauguration of the 9th Assembly. In…
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32-year-old emerges Oyo Assembly speaker
Thirty-two-year-old Adebo Ogundoyin, a member representing Ibarapa East, Monday emerged the Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker. Ogundoyin, a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, emerged unopposed and with the unanimous voice vote of the 32-member assembly. The lawmaker representing Ona Ara state constituency Akinola Adekunle Alabi was elected the deputy speaker. Oyo State…
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Ninth House: PDP Rep caucus denies endorsing Gbajabiamila for Speaker
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hon. Leo Ogor has denied media reports that the PDP Caucus in the House has endorsed the candidature of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the exalted office of the Speaker in the 9th House of Representatives. Ogor who doubles as Leader of the PDD…
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9th Speakership race: CUPP rejects Gbajabiamila
The Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday rejected the choice of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the next Speaker. The ruling All Progressives Congress had named Gbajabiamila its preferred candidate for the position. The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, had also last week described the Majority Leader as…
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Ninth House: Top speakership candidate, Bago, loses mother
Hajia Aisha Mohammed, mother of House of Representatives’ Speakership aspirant and Member representing Chanchagi Federal Constituency of Niger State, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago, is dead. According to a statement signed by Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, Spokesman, Hon. Mohammed Bago Campaign Organisation, Hajia Mohammed died on Saturday, June 1, 2019 after a very brief illness.…
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Ninth House: I am better qualified for speakership position than Gbajabiamila, Onyejeocha tells APC
By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja A female lawmaker representing Isukwuato/Umuneochi federal constituency in Abia State, Nkeiruka Onyejeoch has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) preferred candidate, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) to sacrifice his ambition for the sake of federal character. Onyejeocha, an aspirant of the Speakership position in 9th Assembly gave the advice at a press…
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Drama as Ekiti Assembly suspends PDP lawmaker for ‘interrupting’ speaker
The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday banned former Deputy Speaker and Peoples Democratic Party member, Segun Adewumi (Ekiti West Constituency 1) for six weeks for alleged undue interruption of the Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada. The suspension followed verbal exchange between the Speaker and the former deputy Speaker at the plenary, prompting the Speaker to…