Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the Ondo State House of Assembly |
Incumbent: | Olamide Oladiji |
Department: | Legislative Branch of the Ondo State Government |
Appointer: | Indirect House Election |
Style: | Mr Speaker (informal) The Right Honourable (formal) |
Member Of: | Ondo State House of Assembly |
Seat: | Ondo State House of Assembly Complex, Akure |
Termlength: | 4 years |
Termlength Qualified: | renewable |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Nigeria |
Succession: | Second |
Deputy: | Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly |
The speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the Ondo State House of Assembly, elected by its membership.[1] The Speaker is second in line of succession to the Ondo State governorship, after the deputy governor. The current Speaker is Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji who was elected on 4 June 2023.[2] [3] [4]
The speaker's statutory duty is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly but the Deputy Speaker can preside in the absence of the Speaker.[5] The Speaker also represents the voters of his or her constituency.[6]