The lawmaker representing Aba South Constituency, Emmanuel Emeruwa, has emerged as speaker of the Abia House of Assembly.
Mr Emeruwa, a member of the Labour Party (LP), was elected speaker by 24 members of the House during the inauguration session of the eighth assembly on Wednesday.
The session was presided over by the Clerk of the House, Johnpedro Irokansi, at the assembly chamber in Umuahia, according to a report by Vanguard newspaper.
Apart from the LP, the assembly has members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Young Progressives Party (YPP).
The PDP is the majority with 11 members, while the LP has ten members, the YPP has two members, and APC has only one member.
Mr Emeruwa was elected speaker despite being a first-term lawmaker in the House and whose party is not the majority in the house.
He was nominated for the position by the member representing Aba Central Constituency, Stephen Ucheonye and Seconded by the…