Read how Akwa-Ibom Assembly elects first female Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Felicia Bassey representing Okobo state
constituency and Chair Person, House
Committee on Women Affairs and Social
Welfare Matters, made history by
being elected as the first Deputy Speaker of
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
In a statement released yesterday in Uyo, the
Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr.
Kufre Okon, said Bassey emerged the first
female Deputy Speaker during Tuesday’s
plenary, to replace the former Deputy Speaker,
Mr. Effiong Bassey, representing Oron/Udung
Uko state constituency, whose election was
nullified last week by the Appeal Court in
Abuja.
The Speaker, Mr. Onofiok Luke, who
administered the oath of office on the new
Deputy Speaker encouraged her to live up to
the expectation of the sixth Assembly while
discharging her legislative duties.
The statement added that other members said
that the position was well deserved, and
expressed confidence in her ability to
discharge the functions of the office to its
fullest potential.