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House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas yesterday swore in 12 of the 15 members-elect who were presented their certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday.
The 12 new members won last Saturday’s by-elections and court-ordered rerun polls to fill vacant seats in the Green Chamber, reports The Nation.
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who recently defected from the Young Progressive Party (YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was in the House to witness the inauguration of YPP members who are among the new House members.
Four political parties – the ruling APC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the YPP, and Labour Party (LP) – won the rerun and by-elections in different parts of the country.
But the elections into Jalingo/Yorro/Sing Federal Constituency of Taraba State and Udenu Federal Constituency of Enugu State are outstanding.
The other three members-elect who have collected their certificate of return from INEC but have not been sworn in will be inaugurated at a later date.
Abbas presented the new members copies of the House Standing Rules and the Legislative Agenda.
With the development, APC now has 188 members to maintain its majority status in the House.
The new members who have collected their certificates of return are: Umar Garba (Ngaski/Shanta/Yauri Federal Constituency of Kebbi State, APC), Ifeoluwa Ehindero (Akoko North East/North West of Ondo State, APC), Faud Kayode Laguda (Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, APC), and Saleh Gabriel Zock (Kachia/Kargarko Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, APC).
Others are: Daniel Asama Ago (Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State, LP), Rabiu Kamba (Arewa/Dandi Federal Constituency of Kebbi State, APC), Emma Ukpong Udo (Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, YPP), Dr. Emil Inyang (Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency of Cross River State, APC), and Peter Uzokwe (Nnewi North/Nnewi South Federal Constituency of Anambra State, YPP).
The rest are: Chinwe Nnabuife (Orumba North/Orumba South Federal Constituency of (Anambra State, YPP), Adamu Yakubu (Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, PDP), Yusuf Umar Yabo (Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, PDP), Husseini Jallo (Igabi Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, PDP), Yusuf Dalhat Tafoki (Faskari/Kankara/Sabuwa of Katsina State, APC), and Mohammed Buba Jajere (Fika/Fune Federal Constituency of Yobe State, PDP).
With the development, APC now has 188 members to maintain its majority status in the House.
