Imo State 10th Assembly: First-term APC lawmaker Emerges as Speaker 

First-term lawmaker, Chike Olemgbe, representing Ihitte/Ugboma State Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the Speaker of the Imo State 10th House of Assembly.

The forty year-old lawmaker was elected unopposed on Friday shortly after the inauguration of the Assembly in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

Mr Vitalis Azodo (APC-Ideato South) moved the motion for the election of the new Speaker, while Mr Ugochukwu Obodo (APC-Owerri Municipal) seconded the motion, paving way for his election.

The clerk of the House, Mrs Chinelo Emeghara, thereafter swore in Olemgbe as the Speaker of the 10th Assembly.

Mrs Amara Iwuanyanwu (Nwangele), the immediate past Deputy Speaker, was returned unopposed as the new Deputy Speaker and sworn in accordingly.

In a brief speech, Olemgbe promised to work in synergy with the Executive to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

Olemgbe was the Transition Committee Chairman of the Ihitte/ Uboma local government council of the State.

NAN