Abia, Rivers Assembly gets new speaker

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Hon. Chikwendu Kanu of Isiala Ngwa South Constituency has been sworn in as new Speaker of Abia House of Assembly.

 

This is following the resignation of Hon. Kennedy Njoku (PDP, Osisioma) for personal reasons. The Deputy Speaker, Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, presided over the house and Honorable Chikwendu Kanu was nominated and elected unanimously by the members including PDP and APGA members.

 


Honorable Kanu was subsequently sworn in and immediately commenced duties as the Speaker of the 6th Abia House of Assembly.

On the otherhand, Hon Ikunyi Ibani Owaji of Andoni Constituency has been re-elected Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly.
Ibani emerged speaker after Daborotudima Adams resigned his appointment as the speaker of the House.

 


The development came shortly after the former speaker administered oath of office on 12 newly elected members.
The Deputy speaker of the House, Marshal Uwom presided over the election of the new speaker. Ikunyi Ibani was speaker of the Assembly between June and December 2015 but resigned after the Election Tribunal Appeals Court annulled his election.
He was returned elected after the December 10 legislative re-run poll.

 


In the meantime, the Rivers State House of Assembly has sworn-In 12 members into the Assembly. Among those sworn-In include members elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.


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