The 7th Nasarawa State House of Assembly has elected Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi as Speaker.
Abdullahi represents Umaisha/ Ugya constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Assembly also elected Abel Bala ( PDP– Nassarawa Eggon West) as the Deputy Speaker of the 7th Assembly.
Ibrahim Musa, the Acting Clerk of the House announced this during the inauguration of the members of the 7th Assembly Friday in Lafia.
The Clerk said that the inauguration was in line with Governor Abdullahi Sule’s proclamation of the Assembly.
Mohammed Oyanki ( PDP- Doma North) nominated Abdullahi for the position of the Speaker which was seconded by Larry Ven-Bawa ( APC- Akwanga North).
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Dr Peter Akwe ( PDP- Obi I) nominated Bala for the position of Deputy Speaker which was seconded by Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu ( APC- Awe South).
In his acceptance speech, the Speaker pledged to provide an all inclusive leadership in the interest of peace and development of the state.
” I want to congratulate Hon members on your inauguration and for electing me to serve as Speaker of the 7th Assembly.
” I have presided over the affairs of this Assembly in the last eight years with all sense of fairness and fear of God.
”I want to assure you that I will continue in that spirit.
”I will also continue to operate an open door policy as I have done in the last eight years,” he said.
Abdullahi assured the staff of the Assembly of his continued readiness to improve on their welfare.
He assured Governor Sule of the Assembly’s continued partnership and collaboration for the overall development of the state.
”We must join hands with other arms of government to achieve speedy development across the state,” he said.
Allr the 24 members of the House were in attendance during the inauguration.
Recall thaton June 6, the inauguration of the Assembly was postponed, citing security advice from the government over the Speakership tussle between members elected on the platform of the APC and the PDP.
NAN reports that disagreements over the choice of the next Speaker of the Assembly led to the postponement of the inauguration.
Then, 13 members of the House who are on ground were said to be in support of a member, Daniel Ogazi, who is vying for the position of house leader, insisting that the postponement of the inauguration was illegal.
Still, 11 other members who are in support of Abdullahi were not on ground.
Since then, the State’s Assembly complex was manned by security operatives who prevented visitors from gaining access into the premises.