Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.[1][2] He was first elected speaker of the 5th Nasarawa State house of Assembly in 2015 and was unanimously re-elected for a second term as speaker of the 6th Assembly in 2019.[3][4][5][6] Balarabe-Abdullahi represents Umaisha/Ugya state constituency in the state assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Balarabe-Abdullahi was nominated for the speaker of the 6th Assembly by Mohammed Okpoku of the APC (Udege/Loko constituency) and was seconded by Aliyu Dogara of the APC (Wamba constituency).
In January 2020, Balarabe-Abdullahi party’s national leadership passed a vote of confidence on his leadership of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly saying he is an asset to the party.[7]
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