Ghen Ghen! Impeachment Looms For Gov. Sullivan Chime As Enugu State House Of Assembly Summons Accountant General Of The State
BY STEVENS EDIDIONG · APRIL 24, 2015

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Governor Chime Sullivan of Enugu state. Photo: file
Reports say that members of Enugu State House of Assembly, on Thursday ordered the state Accountant-General, Mr. Paschal Okolie, to submit a detailed report to the House on income and expenditure of the state from January last year to date for necessary scrutiny.

This development points to the fact that the sour relationship between them and the executive arm, led by Governor Sullivan Chime, which political pundits believe will lead to an outright probe of Chime’s administration that is expiring in a few weeks.

The Accountant General has up to next Monday to turn in the detailed account unfailingly.

The Accountant General, who had been elusive, having failed to appear before the lawmakers, finally showed up on Thusrday, explaining that half of their members allowances in had been paid into the coffers of the Assembly.

According to him, others will be paid.

Also at Thurday’s sitting, members passed a vote of confidence in the speaker, Mr. Eugene Odo, while condemning the castigation by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Chukwudi Achife, over the collective decisions of the House that eventually led to the ongoing face off between them and the executive.

Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Lawrence Agbo, had on Sunday called for a public debate on the burning issues taken by the House which did not go down well with the executive.

He said: “They (Executive) are angry because the House insisted that the water concession plan for 25 years be suspended.

‘’We stopped land allocation at International Conference Centre; construction of Park and Shop mall adjacent to the House of Assembly complex as well as land allocation at old Eastern Nigeria Industrial Centre at Zik, Avenue Enugu.

“Other issues were probe of alleged fictitious award of contracts by Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board, ENSUBEB, and request for cancellation of land allocation to individuals around the 3-arms zone of the state, all done in public interest”.

The speaker’s Chief Press Secretary further told the press that “the House of Assembly is made up of 24 members and as it is in any legislative House, the position of the speaker is merely to preside and rule on the majority decisions of the members on any issue.

‘’Therefore, the position of the Speakership is more administrative than legislative, so that publication by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary appeared personal.

“It is unfortunate as it was aimed at denigrating the image and the person of the honorable Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly and apparently misleading the good people of Enugu State and the general public on issues raised in the publication, hence we call for public debate, to ascertain who acted in the interest of the public and posterity.”

If I hear

Pls u people should leave my governor alone.he is d best governor in d southeast

jenni06:
Pls u people should leave my governor alone.he is d best governor in d southeast

This is what I term 'blithering fatuity'!
The same hollow-cephaloed lawmakers the despot of a governor used to 'erode' the deputy governor , in a flagrant abuse of the constitution and 'cerebra besieging' of the rule of law, for owing a chicken farm, are now trying to open another pandora's box that could back-siphone with a rancourous equivalence.

jenni06:
Pls u people should leave my governor alone.he is d best governor in d southeast

we know, but he's stuupid.