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BREAKING: Rivers Assembly Speaker resigns

Friday, December 30, 2016 at 5:34 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly Adams Dabotorudima has resigned from office.

BREAKING: Rivers Assembly Speaker resigns

Surprisingly, the former Speaker who resigned Friday, December 18, 2015, Ikunyi Ibani of Andoni Constituency was re-elected Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly.

According to reports by Punch newspaper, Mr Dabotorudima succeeded Mr Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, the estwhile Speaker who resigned on Friday, December 18, 2015, shortly after Governor Nyesom Wike presented the N307bn Appropriation Bill for 2016 before the House.

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Adams Dabotorudima who represent the Okrika constituency, the same Rivers East Senatorial District as Governor Nyesome Wike resigned today, Friday, December 30, 2016.

Meanwhile, Kennedy Njoku who was sworn in as speaker of the Abia state house of assembly on Thursday, December 29, has resigned his appointment on personal grounds.

Source: Legit.ng

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