Elvert Ayambem Ekom (born 22 July 1979) is a Nigerian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

currently serving as speaker of the 10th

Cross River State House of Assembly The Cross River State House of Assembly is the legislative chamber of Cross River State in Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf ...

since June 2023. A member of the

All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, t ...

(APC), he represents

Ikom Ikom is a Local Government Area of Cross River State in South-South, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ikom in the east of the area on the Cross River and the A4 highway at . It has an area of and had a population of 162,383 accord ...

2 State Constituency. Ayambem was nominated for the speakership position by Kingsley Ntui representing Etung Constituency and the motion was seconded by Eyo Okon Edet representing Bakassi Constituency. Ayambem was elected speaker unchallenged on 13 June 2023 following the proclamation of the governor of the state for the inauguration of the 10th state assembly. He succeeded Eteng William who was speaker of the 9th assembly and was elected to the 10th Nigerian Senate.

Impeachment

Elvert was impeached in May 2023 by 17 members out of the 25-member House over allegations of misappropriation of funds. Majority of the lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote on the Rt. Hon. Ayambem, after about 11 months in office. After an intervention by the Governor Bassey Otu, Ayambem was reinstated later in May 2023.

References

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