KOTA KINABALU:Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor took his oath of office as Sulaman assemblyman before the Sabah State Assembly Speaker Datuk Kadzim M. Yahya here today.<br /> <br /> The swearing-in ceremony for Hajiji was held today because he could not join other newly-elected Sabah assemblymen in taking their oath of office on Oct 9 as he was under a two-week quarantine at home after being in close contact with a COVID-19 patient.<br /> <br /> Also taking their oath today were Sulabayan assemblyman Datuk Jaujan Sambakong and two nominated assemblymen - Datuk Yong Teck Lee and Datuk Amisah Yassin.<br /> <br /> Bugaya assemblyman Manis Buka Mohd Darah, however, could not be sworn in today as she was still under quarantine at the hospital.<br /> <br /> At the ceremony on Oct 9, a total of 70 elected assemblymen and four nominated assemblymen took their oath of office.<br /> <br /> The Sabah State Assembly has 73 assemblymen who were elected in the state election on Sept 26 and six nominated members.<br /> <br /> -- BERNAMA<gdiv id="ginger-floatingG-container" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG ginger-floatingG-closed" style="display: none;"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-disabled-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Enable Ginger</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-offline-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip"><em>Cannot connect to Ginger</em> Check your internet connection<br /> or reload the browser</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-enabled-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-disable"><ga></ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Disable in this text field</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool"><ga class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-edit">Edit</ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Edit in Ginger</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-mistakes"><ga></ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Edit in Ginger</gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-wrap"><ga class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-close">×</ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-frame"><iframe scrolling="no"></iframe></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv>