June 13, (THEWILL) – The Member-elect for Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has emerged as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.
Kalu’s emergence followed the election of Tajudeen Abbas as the new Speaker of the House.
He was nominated by the member-elect for Ikorodu Federal Constituency of Lagos State.
After accepting his nomination and in the absence of a counter nomination, the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Magaji Tambuwal, closed further nomination at exactly 12.06 noon.
Consequently, Kalu was declared Deputy Speaker and thereafter, administered oaths of office and that of the membership of the National Assembly.
THEWILL earlier reported that Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday, emerged as the new Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.
He emerged winner of the Speakership election after he polled 353 of the total 359 votes cast to defeat Ahmed Idris Wase and Aminu Sani Jaji, who scored 3 votes each.
Abbas and Kalu are preferred candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the speaker and deputy speaker positions of the 10th House of Representatives.
