Nigeria elects new speaker of parliament

ABUJA,
June 12 (Xinhua / GNA) – Femi Gbajabiamila, Congressman of the Nigerian Government
The All Progressive Congress (APC) party has become the country's new president
of the House of Representatives when the 9thth The National Assembly was
inaugurated in the capital Abuja.

Gbajabiamila,
56, representing the state of southwestern Lagos, was the preferred candidate of
the Nigerian ruling party for the leadership of the House.

the
former majority leader of the 8th National Assembly, which was
dissolved Thursday, came out of an election at the head of the lower house of
the Nigerian bicameral parliament.

the
the election was a fierce fight between Gbajabiamila and Congressman Mohammed
Bago, representing the state of central-northern Niger in the lower house, also
called the Green House. Both candidates are from the same party.

the
inauguration of the 9th National Assembly, composed of 109 senators
and 360 members of the House of Representatives representing each state and region of the
the country, was held in a climate of reinforced security.

GNA