Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly is the political head of the legislative body in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Speaker of the House of Assembly
Incumbent Ikuinyi O. Ibani since December 2016
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Elected by the Rivers State House of Assembly
Inaugural holder	Roseberry Briggs
Formation	October 1979

Elected by the Members of the House, the speaker's primary responsibility is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly. The Speaker also represents the voters of his or her constituency. Since 1979, there have been eight legislative assemblies with nine people holding the office of Speaker.^[1][2]

List of speakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly

Speaker	Constituency
Roseberry Briggs	Degema III
Talford Ongolo	Southern Ijaw I
Tuesday Kemeagbeye	Ekeremor II
Claudius Enegesi	Ogbia I
Ezekwem Stephen	Ahoada II
Chibuike Amaechi	Ikwerre
Tonye Harry	Degema
Otelemaba Amachree	Asari-Toru I
Ikuinyi O. Ibani	Andoni
Adams Dabotorudima	Okrika

See also

• Rivers State House of Assembly
• Government of Rivers State