Mashio emerges speaker of Yobe 8th Assembly
AREWA AGENDA – Yobe State House of Assembly elected Chiroma Buba Mashio, a member representing Jajere Constituency as the Speaker of the 8th Assembly Session.
Chiroma-Mashio, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation in the 7th Assembly, was unanimously elected unopposed.
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Ya’u Usman-Dachia from the Jakusko constituency was elected as Deputy Speaker, while Nasiru Hassan-Yusuf from the Damaturu I constituency was elected as House Leader.
To assist Hassan as the Deputy House Leader, Hassan Muhammad-Yusufari, while the former Deputy Speaker in the seventh assembly, Muhammad Auwal-Bello was elected Chief Whip and Ahmed Musa-Dumbol was elected as Deputy Chief Whip.
Mashio is the longest-serving legislator in the Assembly, from 1999-2023.
All the principal officers were elected unopposed by the members.
