Ekiti lawmakers have elected the former leader of the Government Business, Gboyega Aribisogan as the new Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly.
Aribisogan, who hails from Ijesha-Isu in Ikole Local Government Area, was sworn in at the plenary Tuesday by the clerk of the House, Mr. Tola Esan.
The election of a new Speaker followed the demise of the late Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye. The former Speaker died after suffering cardiac arrest.
Afuye, represented Ikere Constituency 1 at the Assembly.
He died on October 19 at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH). He has since been interred last Friday in his country home, Ikere-Ekiti.
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