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House Of Reps: Ihonvbare Emerges Majority Leader, Chinda Minority Leader

Prof. Julius Ihonvbare (APC, Edo) and Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) have been chosen Majority and Minority Leaders of the House by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

The former Secretary to the Edo State Government is expected to be elected House Leader.

The Speaker also appointed Usman Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe) as House Chief Whip.

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Chinda and Kumo led the Joint Task 10th Assembly, which worked to elect Abbas as Speaker.

The Speaker also selected Hon. Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims (Kogi, APC) as Deputy Majority Leader and Hon. Adewumi Onanuga (Ogun, APC) as Deputy Majority Whip.

He also announced Hon. Ali Isa JC (Gombe, PDP) as Minority Leader; Hon. Ali Madaki (Kano, NNPP) as Deputy Minority Whip and Hon. George Ozodinobi (Anambra, LP) as Deputy Minority Whip.

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