Fresh crisis is brewing in the Ekiti state House of Assembly following the adjournment of legislative business to October by the majority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House.

The minority All Progressives Congress (APC) legislators described the long adjournment as illegal and not in the interest of the people of the state who elected them.

The APC Assembly members led by the Minority Leader, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan (Ikole Constituency 1), alleged that the long adjournment was masterminded by Governor Ayo Fayose in a bid to emasculate the legislative arm.


Other APC members of the Ekiti parliament are Mr. Sunday Akinniyi (Ikere Constituency 1) and Mr. Adeniran Alagbada (Ise/Orun Constituency).

Aribisogan, Akinnyi and Alagbada defected from the PDP at different times and joined the APC over internal crisis that rocked their former party.

The twenty-three PDP legislators led by Speaker Kola Oluwawole at a plenary on Tuesday adjourned sitting till October 8 in protest over the governorship election result and alleged harassment of Fayose and PDP members by security agencies.


Leader of Business, Mr. Tunji Akinyele, who moved the motion for the adjournment, said this became imperative due to the political harassment of members by security agents.

But Aribisogan said the APC Assembly members are ready for legislative business, calling on the Police and Department of State Services (DSS) to give the minority lawmakers security anytime they decide to perform their constitutional duties.

Aribisogan said: “That long adjournment was illegal and even the plenary held on Tuesday was illegal because it was Governor Fayose that directed the Speaker to hold that plenary without notice to all members.

“It is unfortunate that we still have this executive recklessness going on in Ekiti State. Maybe the Speaker has forgotten that we now have members of APC in the House because we were neither notified nor consulted.

“That is why we have resolved that we are not going on recess. We are open for our normal legislative business from Mondays to Fridays and we are calling on security agencies so that we can perform our constitutional duties without let or hindrance.

“We are not on recess and we are calling on Ekiti people who have one business or the other in the Assembly to come and meet us.

“They (PDP legislators) are listening to the advice of one man who, perhaps has ordered the Speaker to suspend legislative activities.”

When asked whether three APC members can form a quorum to perform legislative duties, Aribisigan replied: “On our own, we are not on recess; it is only when you are going for plenary that you need a quorum but we can sit at parliamentary, committee and constituency
meetings.”

Akinniyi said: “It was an act of arrogance to have proceeded on an illegal long adjournment. It is against the rule of the House because there are two parties in the House.

“It appears the Speaker is living in a fool’s paradise without giving notice to all members of the Assembly. We APC members of Ekiti State House of Assembly are alive to our responsibilities to legislate for the good of our people and perform other oversight functions.

“For somebody to listen to the instruction of a governor who is in the forest to be controlling the Assembly. What they have done is highly illegal and we have resolved that the legislative business will continue.

“We have duly informed security agencies that we (APC House members) are ready to continue with our constitutional functions so that anytime we are there, they will give us security.

“The minority members will resume office anytime we want because we are not on recess and no individual, no matter how powerful, can stop us from performing our lawful duties.”

http://dailypost.ng/2018/07/18/crisis-brews-ekiti-assembly-apc-lawmakers-reject-long-adjournment/

It's paining them. The will of the people shall come to pass. Let them postpone it till xmas., Fayemi na their father now.

Naija and comedy

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When asked whether three APC members can form a quorum to perform legislative duties, Aribisigan replied: “On our own, we are not on recess; it is only when you are going for plenary that you need a quorum but we can sit at parliamentary, committee and constituency
meetings.”


http://dailypost.ng/2018/07/18/crisis-brews-ekiti-assembly-apc-lawmakers-reject-long-adjournment/

If you cannot perform legislative duties, of what use is your going to the office?
Inn okun Ekiti Kete!

The terrorist President and his Jan'jaweed party should be thought how to do politics since they rigged FAR'yemi into office.

Stupid pepu

Why this? Hope they will not collect their monthly take home while away?

mtcheeeeew...as if they have choice

That's true shall. Bit wait o, hope this will not be a case of 5 is more than 23?

No b Nigeria politician wey I sabi.jus gv them some weeks,they will start decamping to the winning team soon.dey will abandon fayose

Apc =fight .. Come and slap me

APC never see anything

Why would the house adjourn till October if not to cause problems and blame it on APC? Sore losers

python2

It don't de happen

MAJORITY CARRY THE DAY.

THE LAST I CHECKED PDP ARE THE MAJORITY THERE.

chomchom1:
Apc =fight .. Come and slap me

I want to come and fkkkk u

good job,you're technically voting yourselves out,by october,the primaries will commence.

They are Fayose's Boys....Like for APC and Share for PDP

I hope the legislature has no role to play in the swearing in of Fayemi?,

They should enjoy their rest jor. No shaking...... Fayemi

Fayose knew the members (PDP) can decamp cause they so much hate him..

And this mean APC can disgrace him by arranging his impeachment before October 16.

He decided to instruct the speaker to declare this long adjournment till a week before he leaves office. Lol


EKITI POLITICS IS SO INTERESTING. FAYOSE HAS OFFENDED MORE PEOPLE THAN HE CAN HANDLE

But they are going to resume a week to the day of handling over now.

A
C onfused
P arty



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inconsequential minority. just two of them?
they ain't do nothing.


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Are they competing vacation with school children? when their pay master lost out. They have nothing to do. I pity Ekiti people. See the rogues in affairs of the state. The mofos will collect allowance and salary for the off periods. Imagine July till October.

APC are yet to take but problem has already started. Ekiti sorry ooo.



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See this flat heads oo! Where were you when terrorist Buhari ordered INEC and Fulani dogs who cannot fight boko haram to come and harass those who voted you in from performing their constitutional right? Were you not in that state? Is it now you know you were voted by people? MUGUS! Such can't happen here in Akwa Ibom.