Ondo State Elected First Female House Speaker
The Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly this morning May 27th elected Ms Jumoke Akindele representing Okitikpukpa constituency II as the new speaker of the State Assembly. Who emerge with 13 votes against her contender, Ms Akindele a trained lawyer emerged speaker after the election. Also, Chairman House Committee on Education in the house before her recent election. The new speaker has to be elected due to the death of the former speaker, Mr Samuel Adeshina Ajayi who lost his battle to cancer in Feb 25th 2014 making the seat vacant for new leadership. more