The House of Representatives has
asked the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, to issue a fresh proclamation
to convene the 9th House of Assembly in the state.
The House
issued a seven-day ultimatum to the governor to carry out the order or risk the
House taking over the Assembly.
The House had set up an ad hoc
committee headed by the AbdulRasak Namdas to investigate issues surrounding the
crisis rocking the assembly. The report of the committee was submitted
Wednesday and it was adopted by the committee of the whole chaired by Ahmed
Wase.
Speaking to the report, Namdas
disclosed that the Governor of the state issued the proclamation two days after
the House had already been sworn in.
The House therefore resolved as
follow: “That the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in the interest of
peaceful coexistence of the State, should issue a fresh Proclamation within One
(1) week in line with Section 105(3) of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of. Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) stating the date, time and venue and
publish in any National Daily and Television Station;
“That all actions taken by the
9th Assembly Members should be declared null and void pending proper
inauguration;
“That all Members of the Edo
State House of Assembly, both those who have been , inaugurated and those who
have not been inaugurated should dissolve their factions in the interest of
peace and stability of the House with the view to moving the State forward;
“That the Inspector General of
Police (IGP) and the Director General (DG), Department of State Services should
shut down the Edo State House of Assembly and provide adequate security to
allay further fears of intimidation and threat as alleged by Members-elect;
“That where recommendations (1)
(ii) and (tit) above fail, the National Assembly should invoke the Provisions
of Section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to take over the State
House of Assembly until the situation normalizes.”
The decision of the committee of
the whole was subsequently adopted by the House.
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