The election of the new speaker also maintained the APC zoning arrangement in the state with the speaker from Miga Local Government in the South-west district of the state
The members of the 8th Jigawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday elected Haruna Aliyu of the All Progressive Congress as the new speaker of the assembly.
The election kicked off after the member representing Mallamadori Constituency, Hamza Ibrahim, nominated Mr Aliyu for the speakership position.Both the speaker and his deputy, who were elected unopposed, were sworn in by the Clerk of the House, Musa Abubakar. However, the lawmakers went against the direction of the leadership of the party in the state, who had endorsed the immediate past speaker, Idris Garba, to be reelected as the speaker.
The position of the majority leader of the house and the Chip Whip was also reportedly nominated by the APC leadership.PREMIUM TIMES reported how some members of APC from Jahun Local Government Area staged a protest at the Jigawa State House of Assembly over the nomination of Mr Garba as the new speaker for the house.
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