Ekiti assembly rejects Fayose’s list of chairmen, commissioners
Tuesday refused to deliberate on the
motion seeking approval for the
constitution of local government
caretaker committees' chairmen and
members.
The assembly said the request by
Governor Ayodele Fayose was sub
judice as the sacked caretaker
chairmen of the 16 Local Government
Areas and 19 Local Council
Development Areas had gone to court
to challenge their dissolution.
The 35 caretaker chairmen were
sworn in on August 5 by the
immediate past Governor, Dr. Kayode
Fayemi. But Fayose, on assumption of
office dissolved them on October 18.
The assembly also refused to consider
the list of commissioner nominees
submitted for screening by the
governor because it was not included
in the Tuesday's Order Paper.
It, however, granted approval to the
state to access N2bn out of the
N220bn Small, Micro and Medium
Enterprises' Development Fund of the
Central Bank of Nigeria.
The assembly said accessing the loan
would bring about development to
the state's economy.
The motion moved by the Majority
Leader, Churchill Adedipe, and
seconded by Mr. Tope Agidi, was
unanimously approved by the
members present.
The Chairman, House Committee on
Legal Matters and Local Government
Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Odu, called the
attention of members to a writ of
summons in a case instituted by the
sacked caretaker chairmen of the 16
LGAs and the 19 LCDAs.
He cited Order 54(5) of the Standing
Order of House, which stated that the
Assembly could not deliberate on a
matter pending in court.
According to him, the aggrieved
chairmen are asking the state High
Court to interpret certain aspects of
the law regarding their constitution
and tenure.
Odu, therefore, advised that the
matter be set aside until the court
decided the pending suit.
Earlier the Speaker, Dr. Adewale
Omirin, had read three letters written
to the Assembly by Fayose, seeking
approval for the CBN loan, approval
of three commissioner nominees and
caretaker chairmen.
The nominees are Mr. Owoseni Ajayi
as Attorney-General, Mr. Kayode Oso
as Commissioner for Transport and
Chief Toyin Ojo as Commissioner for
Finance.
The Assembly later adjourned sitting
till today (Wednesday).
Meanwhile, the All Progressives
Congress in Ekiti State has called on
Fayose to fulfil his electoral promise
that he would enhance the welfare of
Ekiti people as he pledged during
campaigns.
In a statement by its State Publicity
Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, the
party lamented that the state had
been thrown into darkness in the last
14 days.
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