10th National Assembly: An X-ray of Reps Speaker, Dr Tajudeen Abbas’ Leadership Styles
BY OBUTE JAMESThe 10th National Assembly was inaugurated on Tuesday 13th June, 2023. The Nigeria legislature consists of two chambers, the Senate (109 Senators) and House of Representatives (360 Members). The legislature at the state level is unicameral while National Assembly serves as parliament for Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Ph.D Speaker, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
The political atmosphere was charged prior to the election of the principal officers of both chambers of the National Assembly. However, at the Senate, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio was elected President of the Senate having polled 63 votes to defeat his rival, a former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulazeez Yari who go...