Member representing Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Tadjudeen Abass has been elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Abass polled 353 votes to score a landslide over his main rival Rep Idris Wase who is the immediate past Deputy Speaker. Wase scored votes.
The new Speaker has been sworn in. As with the new Senate President, Senator Godwill Akpabio, Rep. Tajudeen Abass is the preferred candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The new Speaker was the chairman of House Committee on Land Transport in the 9th House.
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