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Ondo state House of Assembly gets new acting Speaker

Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:22 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

The Ondo State House of Assembly has appointed an acting Speaker, Mr. Malachi Coker, following the resignation of the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele on Monday in Akure.

Ondo Assembly gets Acting Speaker — Ondo state House of Assembly gets new acting Speaker

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the legislators at the plenary session, also appointed Arowele Samuel from Owo l Constituency, as the Deputy Speaker.

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Others are Olamide George, representing Akure North Constituency as the Majority Leader and Mukaila Musa as the Minority Leader.

The officers are to be in office pending when election is held for the positions.

The Speaker resigned after he was accused of withdrawing N15 million from the Assembly’s account without the knowledge of the principal officers.

Source: Legit.ng

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