Chiroma-Mashio Emerges Speaker Of Yobe 8th Assembly

The Yobe State House of Assembly on Monday unanimously elected a  Hon. Chiroma Buba-Mashio  as the Speaker of the 8th Assembly.

Mashio a member representing Jajere Constituency is expected to steer the affairs of the Assembly in the next four years.

Chiroma-Mashio was the former Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation in the 7th Assembly.

The new Speaker is All Progressives Congress’s preferred candidate for the job after a unanimous decision by the APC Executives in the state yesterday.

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.

All the principal officers were elected unopposed by the members.