Tajudeen Abbas, a member of the House of Representatives from Kaduna State, has emerged as the Speaker of the 10th House.
Abbas scored 352 votes of the total 359 votes cast while former Deputy Speaker Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji polled three votes each.
The votes that two men got were from themselves and the lawmakers that nominated them.
Mr Abbas was nominated by former Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa and was seconded by Nnaji Nnolim, a member of the PDP.
The former deputy speaker was nominated by Tijjani Ismail and seconded by Muhammed Abdulmummin.
Abbas, who has been a member of the House since 2011, was subsequently sworn in as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeding Femi Gbajabiamila who is now the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.
Meanwhile, a member representing Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, Benjamin Kalu emerged the Deputy Speaker of the House.
He emerged unopposed and succeeds Deputy Speaker of the House for the 9th National Assembly, Wase
