Abbas emerges speaker House of Representatives

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Tajudeen Abbas, the lawmaker representing Zaria federal constituency, Kaduna state, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives.
The election held on Tuesday during the inauguration of the house.
Abbas scored 353 votes to defeat Sani Jaji, a Zamfara lawmaker who polled 3 votes and Idris Wase, the immediate past former deputy speaker, representing Wase Federal Constituency of Plateau state who also scored 3 votes.