The Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly is the political head of the Jigawa State House of Assembly.[1] He is the presiding officer of whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the State House of Assembly . He is assisted by the Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Rt. Hon. Idris Garba Kareka and the current Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Sulaiman Musa Kadira and are both members of the APC. The Speaker and his Deputy are also assisted by principal officers including the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, and Deputy Minority Whip. In addition, there are Committees in the State House of Assembly chaired by Committee Chairmen.[2][3][4]


Speaker of the 7th Jigawa State House of Assembly
Incumbent
Rt. Hon. Idris Garba Kareka
since June 13, 2019 (2019-06-13)
StyleMr Speaker
Member ofJigawa State House of Assembly
ResidenceJigawa State, Nigeria
SeatDutse, Jigawa
AppointerMembers of the Jigawa State House of Assembly
Term length4 years
Renewable
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Nigeria
FormationDecember 14, 1991
First holderRt. Hon. Illiyasu Sa’idu Dundubus
May, 1999

List of speakers of the Jigawa State House of Assembly

SpeakerConstituency
Illiyasu Sa’idu DundubusDutse
Adamu SarawaKafin Hausa
Isah IdrisGuri
Idris Garba KarekaJahun

References

  1. ↑ "Jigawa Assembly speaker re-elected". 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2019-06-13. Jigawa State.
  2. ↑ "Idris Garba Kareka Re-Elected Jigawa Assembly Speaker". Daily Post. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  3. ↑ "The intrigues, horse-trading that returned Garba to power". Vanguard News. 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Jigawa lawmakers reelect ex-speaker". Daily Post. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-13.


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