Benue Assembly elects New Speaker Alfred Emberger

The Benue State House of Assembly on Sunday elected Alfred Emberger as its new speaker.

Recall that former speaker Aondona Dajoh had just resigned.

Emberger is among the four members who were suspended last Friday for attempting to remove Dajoh.

During Sunday’s plenary session, presided over by Deputy Speaker Lami Danaldi-Ogenyi, the house resolved to lift the suspension of the four members.

Majority Leader Saater Tiseer, describing the session as an emergency plenary, moved the motion to reinstate the suspended members, which was seconded by Samuel Jiji of the Logo State constituency.

The deputy speaker said, “Following the motion raised by the majority leader and supported by members of the house, this house has resolved to lift the suspension of the four members.”