Kwara assembly members elect 34-year-old as speaker

Last updated: 2019/06/11 at 12:17 PM

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Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly have elected Yakubu Danladi, a 34-year-old graduate of Kaduna Polytechnic, as the speaker.

Danladi represents Ilesha-Gwanara constituency, and he was elected unopposed on Tuesday.

He was nominated by Saheed Popoola of Balogun-Ojomu constituency, Offa local government area of the state.

Danladi would be the third politician to reflect the not-too-young-to-run campaign, which was passed into law in 2018 to reduce the age limit for members of the state house of assembly from 30 years to 25 years.

Earlier on Monday, Abok Ayuba, a 33-year-old final year student of the University of Jos, became the speaker of the Plateau state house of assembly, while Debo Ogundoyin, a 32-year-old lawmaker from Ibarapa east constituency, was elected speaker of the Oyo state house of assembly.