The Jigawa
House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached its Speaker, Idris Garba and elected Isa
Idris of Gwaram Constituency as the new Speaker.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Garba, presided
over the sitting attended by 23 members.
The Clerk
of the house, Hussaini Ali, earlier announced that he received an impeachment
notice signed by 25 of the 30 assembly members, and which he read on the floor
of the house.
Mr. Ali
disclosed that members of the assembly impeached the speaker due to alleged
high handedness and abuse of power.
The Deputy
Speaker read the impeachment notice on the floor of the house, and confirmed
the number of members that signed the notice.
Mr. Garba
said that 25 of the 30-member assembly that endorsed the impeachment notice
showed that it met the constitutional requirement of two third to impeach any
of its principal officers.
“With this
development, I hereby declare the seat of the Speaker vacant and a fresh
election should be conducted to elect the new speaker,” he said.
NAN
reports that two members– Isa Dutse of Dutse Municipal constituency and Isa
Idris of Gwaram constituency– were nominated for the election to replace the
impeached Speaker.
Isa Idris,
however, defeated Isa Dutse with 12 to six votes, while five members were
indifferent.
In his
acceptance Speech, the new Speaker promised to run an open door policy and
solicited members’ support and cooperation.
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