Governor Okorocha Inaugurates Imo 8th House, 3rd Assembly

-Acho Ihim, Ugonna Ozuruigbo emerged Speaker, Deputy Speaker respectively

The Imo State 8^th House 3rd Assembly has been formally inaugurated.

Governor Okorocha made the proclamation to this effect in a well attended ceremony which took place at the renovated legislative complex on Thursday, June 11^th 2015.

Addressing the large crowd who graced the occasion, Governor Okorocha said: “ There is a time to embrace office and a time to leave office. We all belong to one political family which is Imo state…”

After his speech at 11:32am, the National Anthem was sang; he swiftly sped out of the Legislative Complex with his long convoy of aides and party faithful who accompanied him to the venue.

The next step was the election of the principal officers of the House. The Clerk of the House delivered a pep talk to the legislators-elect on the procedure of electing the principal officers of the House. Thereafter, the Clerk, Barr. Chris Duru did a roll call of the members elect in order to ascertain that they were all present.

The Clerk of House now called for nomination for the office of Speaker. Hon. Ikechukwu Amuka representing Ideato South state Constituency (i.e Governor Okorocha’s native Constituency) nominated Hon. Acho Ihim for the office of Speaker. The nomination was unopposed. Hon, Acho Ihim who represents Okigwe State Constituency swiftly accepted the nomination.

At this point, the Clerk of the House announced that “Hon. Acho Ihim  has become the Speaker of the 8^th House”. He took his Oath of office at exactly 12:05pm.

Hon. Ugonna Ozuruigbo (OZB) who represents Nwangele State Constituency was nominated for the office of Deputy Speaker. The nomination was unopposed. He took the Oath of office at 12:25pm.

At 12:51pm the Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance were administered on the members in batches of nine (9).

After they had all taken the Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance, they held the maiden plenary session for the 8^th House, 3^rd Assembly. It was in this plenary session that the House was adjourned to Tuesday, 16^th June, 2015.

Governor Okorocha has since congratulated the members of the House for the peaceful election through which they elected the principal officers of the House, He pledged to give them maximum support in their deliberations. He also said that the peaceful election was a sign of good things to come in Imo state.

Below is a table showing the list of the members of the Imo State 8^th House, 3^rd Assembly and the various state Constituencies which they represent:

Name of legislator                                      State Constituency

1. IHIM IHEANACHO OKIGWE LGA- SPEAKER
2. CHUKWUEMEKA LLOYD OWERRI NORTH LGA
3. KENNEDY IBEH OBOWO LGA
4. LAWSON DURUJI EHIME MBANO LGA
5. OZURUIGBO UGONNA NWANGELE LGA –DEPUTY SPEAKER
6. HON ENGR. AGABIGE F. UCHE ORSU LGA
7. MARCEL ODUNZE ORLU LGA
8. UKOHA BRUNO OSINACHI EZENIHITE MBAISE LGA
9. EGWIM A. INNOCENT IDEATO NORTH LGA
10. DR. UCHE OGUWUIKE                         IKEDURU LGA
11. EGU OBINNA AMBROSE NGOR OKPALA LGA
12. NGOZI OBIEFULE ISU LGA
13. UJU ONWUDIWE NJABA LGA
14. NKEMA JOHN NZERUO ORU EAST LGA
15. DR. UCHE EJIOGU IHETTE UBOMA LGA
16. JOY MBAWUIKE ISIALA MBANO LGA
17. VICTOR ONYEWUCHI OWERRI WEST LGA
18. IFEANYI NNATARAONYE MBAITOLI LGA
19. MIKE IHEANETU ABOH MBAISE LGA
20. CHINEDU OFFOR ONUIMO LGA
21. ORIE EMMA CHIGOZIRI OHAJI/EGBEMA LGA
22. AMUKA IKECHUKWU IDEATO SOUTH LGA
23. DONATUS ONUIGWE ORU WEST LGA
24. CHIKA MADUMERE NKWERRE LGA
25. LUGARD OSUJI OWERRI MUNICIPAL
26. KENNETH AGBIM C. AHIAZU MBAISE LGA
27. HENRY EZEDIRO OGUTA LGA

JOHN MGBE

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