The member-elect for Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged the Speaker of the
Abbas, a third-time Member of the House, scored 353 votes to defeat the immediate-past Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Idris Wase and Aminu Sani Jaji , who scored three votes each.
359 members-elect voted in the open ballot system, where members-elect one after the other to announce their choice of Speaker. Total number of accredited voters for election was 359 out of the 360, sequel to the death of a member elect from Taraba State. The former University Lecturer, who was endorsed by the ruling APC, was nominated by the immediate-past Majority Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa and seconded by Nnaji Nnolim .
The returning officer for the election and Clerk to the National Assembly said Abbas certified the requirements of the law returned elected.
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