Taraba State House of Assembly

Legislative arm of the government of Taraba State of Nigeria

Taraba State House of Assembly

9th Taraba State House of Assembly
Type
Type|

unicameral

Term limits

| 4 years
History
Founded| 1999

New session started

| 2019
Leadership

Speaker of the Assembly

John Kizito Bonzina, PDP
since 2022

Deputy Speaker

Haman Adama, PDP
since 2019

Leader of the House

Douglas Ndatse, PDP
since 2019

Structure
Seats| 24

Political groups

| Majority

* People's Democratic Party (19)

Minority

* All Progressives Congress (5)

* Other parties (0)

Length of term

| 4 years
Elections

Voting system

| First-past-the-post

Last election

| 2019
Meeting place
Taraba State House of Assembly Complex
Website
[1]

The Taraba State House of Assembly is a branch of the Government of Taraba State, which serves as the legislative house where all legislative decisions and lawmaking for the governance of Taraba State is emanating. It is a unicameral body with 24 members elected into the 24 state constituencies. The current Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly is John Kizito Bonzina from Zing constituency of Taraba State.[1][2][3][4][5]

## 9th Taraba State House of Assembly Members 2019 - 2023

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1\. John Kizito Bonzina

Honorable Speaker

Member Representing Zing Constituency[6]

2\. Haman Adama

Deputy Speaker

Member Representing Bali I Constituency

Jethro Yakubu

Majority Leader

Member Representing Donga Constituency

## References

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1. ^ admin. "Principal Officers". TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
2. ^ "Taraba Assembly gets new Speaker as Kunini resigns". dailypost.ng. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
3. ^ "Taraba Assembly Gets New Speaker, Bonzina". Leadership.ng. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
4. ^ Jalingo, John Mkom (2019-03-27). "INEC Present Certificate Of Return To Gov. Ishaku, 24 Members Elect Of Taraba State House Assembly". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
5. ^ "Taraba State House of Assembly Archives – Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
6. ^ "Taraba Assembly gets new Speaker as Kunini resigns". dailypost.ng. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-04-04.