A member of the House of Representatives from Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas has been elected Speaker of the Green Chamber.
The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji in a voice vote on Tuesday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.
Abbas scored 352 votes of the total 359 votes cast while Jaji and Wase polled three votes each.
Abbas, who has been a member of the House since 2011, was subsequently sworn in as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeding Hon Femi Gbajabiamila who is now the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.
Also, member of the House of Representative representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, Benjamin Kalu, has emerged the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly.
The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged unopposed at the inauguration of the 10th House of Representatives on Tuesday in Abuja.
He was subsequently sworn in at 12:21pm on Tuesday.
Kalu takes over from the Deputy Speaker of the 9th National Assembly, Idris Wase.
