The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has resolved its crisis, and elected Ibrahim Abdullahi, who represents Umaisha/ Ugya constituency as Speaker.
Also elected is Mr. Abel Bala ( PDP- Nassarawa Eggon West) as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
The acting clerk of the House, Ibrahim Musa announced this during the inauguration of the members of the 7th Assembly in Lafia on Friday.
According to him, the inauguration was in line with Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s proclamation of the Assembly.
Mr. Mohammed Oyanki (PDP- Doma North) nominated Abdullahi for the position of the Speaker, and seconded by Larry Ven-Bawa (APC-Akwanga North).
Dr. Peter Akwe (PDP-Obi I) nominated Bala for the position of Deputy Speaker which was seconded by 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 seventh 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 Gov. 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.
All the 24 members were in attendance during the inauguration.
Recall that on June 6, the inauguration of the 7th Assembly was postponed, citing security advice from the government over speakership tussle between members elected on the platform of the APC and the PDP.
Disagreements over the choice of the next Speaker of the Assembly had led to the postponement of the inauguration of the seventh State assembly on June 6.
The State assembly complex was manned by security operatives who prevented visitors from gaining access into the premises.
