Ibrahim was nominated by Mr Musa Buba, representing Balanga North Constituency and seconded by Abdullahi Abubakar of Akko West Constituency at the inaugural sitting of the Assembly. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State and the party leadership for finding him worthy of the position of a speaker. “We will work hard to move Gombe State forward. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Shuaibu Haruna, representing Kwami East Constituency, was elected and inaugurated the Deputy Speaker of the sixth Assembly. The Gombe State House of Assembly has 24 members, comprising 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) and five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 12:45 UTC