Benue Assembly Speaker Resigns, Lawmakers Pick Berger As Replacement
Benue State House of Assembly on Sunday elected Alfred berger as its new speaker.
The appointment came shortly after the resignation of the former speaker, Aondona Dajoh.
The new speaker is one of the four members suspended last Friday for attempting to remove the former speaker.
At the plenary session held on Sunday and presided over by the deputy speaker, Lami Danaldi-Ogenyi, the house resolved to lift the suspension on the four members.
The majority leader, Saater Tiseer, who said that the plenary was an emergency one, moved a motion for the lifting of the suspension on the four members and was seconded by Samuel Jiji of Logo constituency.
After lifting the suspension, the four members were ushered into the chamber, and the nomination of the new speaker was announced.
