Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has said that the House is mourning the passing on of its pioneer Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bala Rabo Ayaga.

Ayaga served as pioneer Deputy Speaker to the pioneer Speaker of the State Assembly late Rt. Hon. Musa Ateru Agyo in the First Assembly and still served in that capacity in the Second Assembly headed by Rt. Hon. Muhammed Ogoshi Onawo.

A statement by Press Secretary to the Speaker, Jibrin Gwamna quotes the Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi as describing the sudden death of the former Deputy Speaker as shocking and very painful.

While condoling with his immediate family, the State Assembly, State Association of Formal Hon. Members, the people of Kokona LGA and the State at large, Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi said the House will greatly miss his advice, praying God to forgive his shortcomings and bless his soul.

Describing death as a necessary end to every mortal which most occured when ever destiny come calling, Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi called on all especially the family, friends and associates to see his demise as an act of God and prayed God to console the entire family.

Rt. Hon. Bala Rabo Ayaga was elected into the first Nasarawa State House of Assembly to represent the people of Kokona West on the platform of the Peoples Democratic party PDP and was elected the pioneer Deputy Speaker when the First Assembly was inaugurated on 6th June, 1999 and he served onder the first Speaker late Rt. Hon. Musa Ateru Agyo between 1999 to 2003.

At the inauguration of the Second Assembly on 6th June, 2003 when Rt. Hon. Muhammad Ogoshi Onawo was elected the second Speaker of the House , Rt. Hon. Bala Rabo Ayaga was re- elected for the second term as the Deputy Speaker and served between 2003 to 2007.

Rt. Hon. Bala Rabo Ayaga died on Tuesday 17th, October, 2023 as a result of brief illness in his country home Agwada, kokona LGA of the State.

Similarly, the Speaker Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has condoled with the State Association of Former Hon. Members over the death of Hon. Stephen Angbas who represented Lafia North at the then Plateau State House of Assembly who also died on Tuesday 17th October, 2023 praying God to forgive his shortcomings and bless his soul.