Kwara State assembly swears in new speaker

Date: 2011-06-06

AbdulRazaq Atunwa was yesterday elected as the new speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly in Ilorin during its seventh Assembly. Mr Atunwa, was a former commissioner for Finance during the administration of Bukola Saraki and later governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Clerk of the House, Saka Amuda Kanike conducted the election and directed the entire proceeding.

Mr Kanike after he had received a motion of nomination by Kamal Oyekunle Fagbemi, a member representing Oyun constituency and seconded by Iliyasu Ibrahim on the candidature of Mr Atunwa, went ahead to ask for more nominations by the elected members. In the absence of counter-nomination, Mr Atunwa was declared the speaker and the oath of office was administered to him immediately.

Other officials Muhammed Gana-Yisa, a Professor of Agriculture and former commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state was elected as the deputy speaker, while Abraham Ashaolu and AbdulFatah Salman Baakini were elected as the majority leader and deputy majority leader respectively.

Similarly, the house elected Iliyasu Ibrahim and Sikirat Anako as chief whip and deputy chief whip of the house. In his acceptance speech, Mr Atunwa promised not to disappoint his colleagues and will always be ready to carry them along while discharging his duties in accordance with the norms of the house and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The new speaker attributed his political success to Olusola Saraki, the Waziri of Ilorin stressing that "most of us succeeded because of the legacy he had built for many years." Also present at the inauguration was the state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and other top government officials.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

JUSUN     NYSC     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Reuben Paraje     Ishola Abdullahi     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kuliyan Geri     Olupako     Temitope Ogunbanke     Razaq Atunwa     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Tafida Of Ilorin     Gabriel Fashanu     Saduki Lafiagi     Ijagbo Health Centre     Moses Salami     Kaosarah Adeyi     Marafan Shonga     Solomon Edojah     Abraham Ojo     Arinola Lawal     Aisha Buhari     Rueben Parejo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Aremu Bose Deborah     Awili Pedro     Ibrahim Mohammed     Moronfoye     Alanamu     NSCIA     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Tunde Yusuf     Ilofa     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Pilgrims Board     Radio SBS     Shehu Jimoh     Khairat Gwadabe     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Face Masks     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     SDP     Taiwo Joseph     Ilesha Gwanara Road     AIT Ilorin     Surajudeen Akanbi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Boko Haram     KFA     Omoniyi Ayinla     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Dunmade     School Of Nursing     Ajuloopin     Folaranmi Aro     Umar Gunu     Bankole Omisore     Saka Abimbola Isau     Zara Umar     Makama     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Naira Redesign     Erubu     Kwara NIPR     Erubu Oba Zubair     Harmony Holdings     Dele Belgore     Ilorin.Info     Isau     Budo-Egba     Bilikisu Gambari     Gbenga Adebayo     Yaman     Sidikat Alaya     Isiaka Gold    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Hassan Saliu     TIC     Tunde Saad     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Gabriel Fashanu     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Law School Scholarship     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Saheed Popoola     KwaraLearn     Omu Aran     Kwara State Television     Plat Technologies Limited     Funmilayo Mohammed     SSA Youth Engagement     Mohammed Yisa     Garba Ado Sanni     Apado     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Kwara United     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Patience Jonathan     Kannike     Joseph Daudu     Amasa     Emir Of Ilorin     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Jumoke Gafar     Kehinde Baale     Orire     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Salihu Yahaya     Valsolar Consortium     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Mike Omotosho     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Usman Rifun     Face Masks     Idris Garuba     Tunde Oyawoye     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Press Release     Lateef Alagbonsi     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ahmad Uthman     Yashikira     Saliu Mustapha     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ohoro Of Shao     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Oja-Oba     Zainab Abass     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Akanbi-Oke     James Kolo     Firdaos Amasa     Ilorin Amusement Park     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Arik     Ahmed Dankaya     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Abdullahi Atanda     Abubakar Imam     Aliyu Umar     Tanke     Ayo Adeyemi     Umar Adelodun     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Oke-Odo     Alabe     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede