A fresh member of the Plateau State House of Assembly representing Jos East constituency, and 500 level Law student of University of Jos, Ayuba Nuhu Abok, has emerged Speaker of the ninth Assembly.Abok was nominated by Ibrahim Baba Hassan, a member representing Jos North-North constituency who was one time a Deputy Speaker of the House.Thereafter, Abok was given the opportunity to either accept or reject the nomination. The floor was then opened for other nominations.
Before the election, Baba Hassan had been touted as the likely Speaker because he is the oldest member in the house who has garnered sufficient experience to pilot the affairs of the House.
Thisday, so Hassan led a group of lawmakers that doctored the emergence of Abok as speaker and schemed out Hassan from emerging as speaker. Read bw the lines before bublishing anything
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