{"id":135022,"date":"2023-12-27T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T11:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/27\/ex-speaker-ghali-naabba-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T11:10:53","slug":"ex-speaker-ghali-naabba-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/27\/ex-speaker-ghali-naabba-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Speaker Ghali Na&#8217;Abba Is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-904655 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231227-071857_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Ghali Umar Na\u2019Abba\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghali Umar Na\u2019Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is dead.<\/p>\n<p>The 8th speaker of Nigeria\u2019s green chamber died in Abuja in the wee hours of Wednesday at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>Na\u2019Abba was born on September 27, 1958.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Enugu Monarch Regains Freedom After Settling Abductors With Bag Of Rice, Chicken, Wine As Ransom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Details surrounding the circumstances of his death are unknown as at press time, although family sources told Daily Nigerian the former lawmaker died in the hospital following a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected Member of the House of Representatives in 1999 from Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>He became the Speaker a few months after the inauguration of the House following the resignation of the then Speaker, Salisu Buhari, from the same Kano State, over certificate forgery scandal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2028375930\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghali Umar Na\u2019Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is dead. 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