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The Cross River House of Assembly was yesterday inaugurated with Hon.\u00a0 Larry Odey,\u00a0 representing Yala 1 Constituency,\u00a0 elected as the new Speaker.<\/p>\n

The House also elected Mr Itaya Nyong\u00a0 as the Deputy Speaker\u00a0 while\u00a0 Mrs Uduak Akaba emerged as the Chief Whip.Mr Samuel Nkoro was elected as the Deputy Chief Whip while\u00a0 Mr Moses Onoh emerged\u00a0 the Majority Leader.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of\u00a0 Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new Speaker had been in the House in the\u00a0 last four years. In his acceptance speech, Odey pledged to\u00a0 protect the integrity and sanctity of the House.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shall avail myself to all shades of opinion and advice and will spare no effort in pursuing those ideals that will develop and maintain a spirit of oneness and purposefulness among members of this House,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The new Speaker said he would initiate laws that would eliminate communal clashes, ethnic divides as well as\u00a0 insecurity in the state.<\/p>\n

He charged\u00a0 his colleagues\u00a0 to eschew all acts that could run counter to the aspirations of the people or negate the development of the state.<\/p>\n

The Speaker called on other arms of government to collaborate with the legislators\u00a0 in the task of moving the state forward.<\/p>\n

Odey\u00a0 gave an assurance\u00a0 that his leadership would engage in meaningful dialogue and consultation with all stakeholders to draw input that would form the backbone of\u00a0\u00a0 legislative business.<\/p>\n

In his goodwill message, Gov. Liyel Imoke\u00a0 urged members to regard their election and mandate as a great challenge.<\/p>\n

He called on the members to sustain the leadership qualities that convinced the electorate to vote for them.<\/p>\n

He appealed to members to decry all negative, divisive and diversionary tendencies that could delay efforts to achieve a stable environment.<\/p>\n

Imoke, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Effiok Cobham, promised to provide members with\u00a0 operational vehicles to facilitate their administrative and oversight functions.(NAN)<\/p>\n

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