The Kogi State House of Assembly
has recommended the removal of the Chief Judge (CJ) of state, Justice Nasir
Ajanah, for alleged gross misconduct.
This followed Tuesday’s adoption
of the report and recommendations of the House committee on public account,
which indicted the Kogi State High Court and Kogi Hajj Commission of financial
breaches.
The House said that the Chief
Judge could step aside to defend himself over the indictment by the auditor
general of the state.
The House also recommended
punitive measures on those indicated, to “avoid a reoccurrence.”
It however directed the state
government to urgently resume payment of salaries of judicial workers.
Committee Report 30 of the House
Committee on Public Accounts on the State’s Auditor General’s on the 2016
Financial Statements (Budget Performance Analysis on Personnel Cost, Overheads,
Capital Expenditure and Revenue Performance of Kogi State for the Year Ended
31st December, 2016), was presented by Hon. Ahmed Mohammed, Committee Chairman.
It would be recalled that Kogi
judicial staff members have been on strike for close to six months over
unresolved differences between the judicial arm and executive, arising from
their alleged non submission to the staff payroll verification exercise
embarked on by government late last year.
The judicial arm had earlier
alleged of plans by Governor Yahaya Bello to remove Ajanah from office.
Kogi Speaker Prince Mathew
Kolawole had however denied knowledge of such plan.
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