In a twist of legislative procedure, the Ondo State House Assembly was on Monday inaugurated, four days before the scheduled date of take-off.
Instead of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, it was the Clerk of the house, Bode Adeyanju, who proclaimed the inauguration of the house.
Mr. Adeyanju was said to have performed the ceremony on behalf of the governor.
The new assembly also ensured that the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele, retained her seat.
The Speaker had earlier dissolved the seventh assembly after a valedictory session, after which the Speaker and her deputy, Olotu Fatai, were elected.
The newly-elected officers of the house took their oath of Office, and the Speaker later administered the oath of office on other members of the house.
The new assembly has 26 members, ive of them of the All Progressives Congress. The rest are of the People’s Democratic Party.
But the APC in the state has described the inauguration as an illegality.
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Omo’ba Adesanya, the party said the hurried inauguration of the 8th Assembly was as a result of fear on the part of the government which had lost the support of the people.
“How else can we describe the impatient attitude of Mr. Olusegun Mimiko who could not wait till the appropriate time to inaugurate the 8th Assembly?
“The House of Assembly members are supposed to be constitutionally inaugurated on June 6th,” the statement said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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PDP and maneuvering are synonymous. We shall continue to see this and underdevelopment from the remaining remnant of all PDP controlled states.
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