The Imo State House of Assembly has suspended all the 27 elected local government council chairmen in the state over failure to honour an invitation to answer allegations of gross misconduct and misappropriation of funds leveled against them.
The suspension followed a motion moved by member representing Nkwerre state Constituency Mr. Chika Madumere who noted that the House had on several occasions directed the Council Chairmen to appear before it in company of their Treasurers, Directors of Administration and General Services last month but the Chairmen chose to appear alone necessitating the lawmakers to adjourn their appearance to today May 9th.
He equally added that at the resumption of plenary today, it was discovered that only the Treasurers, Directors of Administration and General Services appeared as none of the 27 local government area Chairman was present. And on several occasions the house had invited the local government chairmen through various media but at their own discretion decided to ignore the invitation of the lawmakers.
The Speaker of the House Mr. Iheanacho Ihim therefore ruled that the Council Chairmen be suspended indefinitely while directing them to immediately hand over the affairs of the councils to the Vice Chairmen. Mr. Ihim asked the chairmen to return all government property in their possession while urging clerk of the House to communicate the decision of the lawmakers to the state commissioner of police Mr. Rabiu Ladodo to ensure compliance.
Impunity of the highest order.
You cannot suspend elected officials nau
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
BREAKING: Imo State House Of Assembly Suspends All 27 LGA Chairmen | Sahara ReportersBREAKING: Imo State House Of Assembly Suspends All 27 LGA Chairmen | Sahara Reporters Madumere attributed his decision to move the motion to the contempt shown by the chairmen to the legislature by failing to appear before the house... READ MORE: May 29th is not far oh madumere is like a house boy in the people's house
Source: SaharaReporters - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »
Imo assembly suspends LG chairmen – Daily TrustLess than 72 hours after the Federal Government granted financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria, lawmakers in Imo State on... All because of the LG autonomy? Lawmakers wielding their powers already..... well we need to hear from the LG chairmen.
Source: Daily Trust - 🏆 13. / 51 Read more »
Imo Assembly suspends 27 Council Chairmen for snubbing LawmakersThe Imo State House of Assembly on Thursday suspended 27 Local Government Chairmen for repeatedly failing their failure to appear before it. Political recklessness, they lack the political will to suspend them
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »
BREAKING: Jigawa House of Assembly impeaches speaker – Daily TrustJigawa House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker, Alhaji Isa Idris. Idris was impeached by 20 out of 30 members of the House.ADVERTISEMENT Detail later…. ADVERTISEMENT Related another drama in northern Nigeria again
Source: Daily Trust - 🏆 13. / 51 Read more »
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »
Source: channelstv - 🏆 7. / 63 Read more »
Source: SaharaReporters - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »
JUST IN: Jigawa House of Assembly impeaches speakerWhy Another one😂
Source: MobilePunch - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »
Kogi Guber: No vacancy in Lugard House, says National/State Assembly...APC National and State House of Assemblies members -elect in Kogi State on Wednesday unanimously endorsed the state governor, Yahaya Bello... vanguardngr may God punish all of them . so they are we are harsh situation in kogi state. let see who shame who in the poll.shameless people. Buahri pls kogi state ooooo! vanguardngr There is vacancy everywhere in Kogi govt. House.....
Source: vanguardngrnews - 🏆 5. / 75 Read more »
Jigawa impeachment: House of Assembly elects new principal officers - Daily Post NigeriaThe Jigawa state House of Assembly has elected new principal officers to replace those impeached on Thursday. Few weeks to the emergence of seventh Assembl
Source: DailyPostNGR - 🏆 11. / 59 Read more »
Source: LeadershipNGA - 🏆 4. / 77 Read more »