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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has asked Hon Musa Ibrahim to resume plenary, stating that the vacant seat earlier declared was done in error.<\/p>\n

The directive comes 11 days after the Acting Speaker, Abel Bala, declared the seat vacant following a judgement by the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which ordered a rerun in one polling unit of the Doma South Constituency.<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s plenary session, Speaker Danladi Jatau admitted that the declaration of the seat as vacant was made in error.<\/p>\n

He clarified that the House had not received any communication preventing Hon. Musa Abubakar Ibrahim, a former Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, from performing his legislative duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe seat of Hon. Musa Abubakar Ibrahim was declared vacant in error by our Acting Speaker during our sitting on December 1st, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe House is not in receipt of any communication that will stop Hon. Musa from performing his legislative duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hereby direct Hon. Musa to return to the House to continue with his duties,\u201d Speaker Jatau said in a statement.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has asked Hon Musa Ibrahim to resume plenary, stating that the vacant seat earlier declared was done in error. 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