**Tension as Wada presents budget tomorrow * *

Mr Godwin Osiyi (PDP-Ogori-Magongo) factional Speaker of Kogi House of
Assembly, on Monday reaffirmed the position of 17 members that the
embattled speaker, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal remains
impeached. Addressing newsmen in Lokoja, Osiyi said that the impeachment,
carried out on Dec. 10 during plenary, through the resolution of the 17-
member-signatories still stood.
He said that contrary to insinuations from different quarters, the
impeachment of Lawal (PDP-Okene II) was not influenced by
anyone. According to him, the impeachment is premised on six grounds
arising from general feeling of discontentment among members. “This
includes gross incompetence and lack of capacity and confidence to preside*
over the proceedings of the 6th Assembly.
Lawal’s sins, Osiji added, also include insensitivity to members’ interest and
plight and misrepresentation between the Assembly and the Executive for his
personal interests and aggrandizement. Others, he said, were
mismanagement of Assembly funds and other valuable resources and
betrayal of trust members reposed on him.
He also listed Lawal’s offence to include high-handedness in the
administration of the Assembly “as he operates like a sole administrator.” In
his defence, Lawal said that though he was not opposed to the
impeachment, it ought to have followed due process. He declared that the
manner in which it was conducted contravened the House rules and
procedures for impeachment.
Lawal alleged that legislators plotting his removal forged the signature of
Umar Ahmed Imam (APC) the member representing Lokoja 1 constituency,
as one of the 17 members that signed the impeachment notice. Meanwhile,
Gov. Idris Wada will on Tuesday, Dec.29 present the 2016 Budget to the
state Assembly.

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