Former Nigeria's House of Reps Speaker is Dead

 

Agunwa Anakwe, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives has d!ed.

 

He passed away on Saturday, July 5, after reportedly battling an undisclosed illness.

 

Anakwe, who hailed from Anambra State, led the third House of Representatives in 1992 under the short-lived interim civilian administration of late Chief Ernest Shonekan.

 

Late Anakwe was 36 years old at the time but his tenure ended following the military coup that ousted Shonekan by former military dictator, General Sani Abacha on November 17, 1993.

 

During his time in office, Anakwe was known for his firm stance against the proposed creation of additional local government areas, a move he believed was being used to delay Nigeria’s return to democratic governance.