Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly

Speaker of the House of Assembly
since December 2016
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerElected by the Rivers State House of Assembly
Inaugural holderRoseberry Briggs
FormationOctober 1979

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly is the political head of the legislative body in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Elected by the Members of the House, the speaker's primary responsibility is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly. The Speaker also represents the voters of his or her constituency. Since 1979, there have been eight legislative assemblies with nine people holding the office of Speaker.[1][2]

List of speakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly

Speaker Constituency
Roseberry Briggs Degema III
Talford Ongolo Southern Ijaw I
Tuesday Kemeagbeye Ekeremor II
Claudius Enegesi Ogbia I
Ezekwem Stephen Ahoada II
Chibuike Amaechi Ikwerre
Tonye Harry Degema
Otelemaba Amachree Asari-Toru I
Ikuinyi O. Ibani Andoni
Adams Dabotorudima Okrika

See also

References

  1. ^ Agbu, Amaka (1 November 2013). "Rivers Assembly: The good, the ugly". Newswatch Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Rivers Assembly Moves To Empower Self". The Newswriter. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2015.