BREAKING: APC-controlled State Assembly Gets New Speaker
- Ekiti state House of Assembly now has a new speaker in the person of Rt. Honourable Gboyega Aribisogan
- Aribisogan was sworn in on Tuesday, November 15, during the House plenary by the clerk of the House, Tola Esan
- The new speaker who hails from the Ikole local government area of the state came to office days after the death of his predecessor, Funminiyi Afuye
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Ekiti - Ekiti state House of Assembly on Tuesday, November 15, elected Gboyega Aribisogan as the new speaker.
Aribisogan, the former leader of the Government Business, was sworn in at the plenary on Tuesday by the clerk of the House, Tola Esan, The Nation reports.
Source: UGC
The new Ekiti speaker is a native of Ijesha-Isu in Ikole local government area of the southwest state.
The seat became vacant as a result of the death of Aribisogan's predecessor, Speaker Funminiyi Afuye, who died recently of a heart attack.
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Afuye died in October at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) and was interred last Friday in his country home, Ikere-Ekiti.
Ekiti House of Assembly Speaker Funminiyi Afuye dies, cause of death revealed
Funminiyi Afuye, the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, died at the age of 66.
Afuye died on Wednesday evening, October 19, at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado- Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest.
This was disclosed in a statement released by Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Biodun Oyebanji.
"The Government of Ekiti State regrets to announce the death of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Funminiyi Afuye.
"Rt. Hon Afuye died Wednesday evening at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado- Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest," the statement read.
Funminiyi Afuye: What to know about the deceased Ekiti Speaker
Until his death, Afuye was representing Ikere constituency 1 at the state House of Assembly. He was a former commissioner Ekiti State Ministry of Information and a two-time member of the State Assembly.
Afuye was inaugurated Speaker of the sixth Assembly on June 6, 2019.
Source: Legit.ng
