Following the expiration of the tenure of the 8th Gombe State House of Assembly, the 9th Assembly was, on Friday, inaugurated with the election of a new Speaker in the person of Abubakar Ibrahim Sadiq of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) representing Yamaltu West State Constituency. The new Speaker was nominated by Musa Buba, representing Balanga North and seconded by Abdullahi Abubakar, representing Akko West while the Deputy Speaker had his nomination from Usman Hassan representing Gombe South and seconded by Nasiru Abdulkarim representing Gombe North. Shortly after taking over as the new Speaker, Abubakar Ibrahim Sadiq then presided over the oath taking of the other twenty-two members of the 9th Assembly in batches. Abubakar Ibrahim Sadiq also announced the other principal officers of the House as follows; Majority Leader, Markus Samuel; Deputy Majority Leader, Saddam Bello Saleh; Chief Whip, Musa Buba and Deputy Chief Whip, Yahaya Mohammed. The PDP, on the other hand, sent in the names of Alhaji Ahmadu as the Minority Leader; Rambi Ayala, Deputy Minority Leader; Tulfugut Kardi as Minority Whip while Asma’u Iganus will serve as the House Deputy Minority Whip.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 14, 2019 20:15 UTC