#United States Speakers Of The House (1789 to present)

US Present House Speaker Boehner John Andrew

Looking at the drama playing out as we speak at the Nigeria's House of Representative, it is very important we have a good look at the model we borrowed from, the United States of American;

Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution states: “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.”

And when Congress first convened in 1789, the House chose Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg as its Speaker.
 
The Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the partisan role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected Member of the House.

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