Uche Ugwu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker, has emerged as speaker of the Enugu state house of assembly
Uche Ugwu, a Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker, has been elected speaker of the Enugu house of assembly.The lawmaker representing Udi-north constituency was nominated by Iloabuchi Aniagu, lawmaker representing Nkanu-west constituency; and seconded by Chukwudi Nwankwo, the member representing Awgu-south.
Ezenta Ezeani of Igboetiti-east constituency was elected the house’s deputy speaker.Out of the 24 lawmakers in the house, 14 are LP members and 10 are PDP members.There were reports that all 14 LP lawmakers were ruled out of prime positions in the assembly by the house’s standing orders., the Enugu assembly standing order states that only ranking members of the house can become speaker or deputy speaker.
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