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Members of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly are currently electing their Speaker. A roll call of the members-elect by states was earlier done before the voting exercise. Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State is the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress and the presidency. Other contenders are Ahmed Idris Wase and Aminu Sani Jaji who are also members of the APC. Earlier, Muktar Betara, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, Miriam Onuoha, and Sada Soli: aspirants for the Speakership all stepped down for the APC consensus candidate.

Members of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly are currently electing their Speaker.Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State is the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress and the presidency.Earlier, Muktar Betara, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, Miriam Onuoha, and Sada Soli: aspirants for the Speakership all stepped down for the APC consensus candidate.

The inauguration is taking place in the improvised meeting rooms that the defunct 9th House had been using as Chamber due to the ongoing renovation of the National Assembly complex.SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa.

 

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