₦airaland Forum

Delafruita: you are correct in your assertion.but how did the deputy governor become acting governor?the only provision for such lied in section 190.we all know suntain was in position to write a letter to the speaker as mandated by law.the house of assembly is empowered by section 128(1)a to to take action in such cases.the law does not give room for a lacuna so whatever the circumstances,there is a provision.the house of assembly made the deputy governor the acting governor and only the house of assembly can revert executive powers to suntai.section 188 would have been used ten months ago but as it is,suntai has gone and come back.the issue is whether he can legally and unilaterally reclaim executive powers and the answer is NO.the office of the governor is subservient to the house of assembly and not the other way round.only the house of assembly can revert powers to him and the assembly demanded that he come to address them on his state of health.I believe that's the right step.we cannot continue to allow some individuals deride our laws with impunity.sentiments aside,the actions of governor suntai are illegal and can be categorized as gross misconduct

Delafruita: first,your analogy only works in a case where the governor transmits a letter to the speaker informing him of his desire to seek treatment,i dont recall suntai sending a letter to that effect.
there are many angles to this issue.according to section 182(2)b of the 1999 constitution,a person is unfit to be the governor of a state if he is of unsound mind.

then again,section 189 states clearly that it is the duty of the house of assembly to ascertain if the governor is capable of discharging its functions.the full powers to determine this reside with the medical panel to be constituted by the speaker which will include five medical practitioners one of whom must be suntai's personal physician.if the medical panel believes he is fit,he continues but according to

189(2) "where the medical panel certifies in its report that in its opinion the governor or deputy governor is suffering from such infirmity of body or mind as renders him permanently incapoable of discharging the functions of his office,a notice thereof signed by the speaker of the house of assembly shall be published in the official gazette of the government of the state"

189(3) "the governor or deputy governor shall cease to hold office as from the date of publication of the notice of the medical report.........."

the above should be the reference point and not secion 190 which has to do with a governor going on vacation or needing medical check-up.the governor didnt transmit a letter,he was in a plane crash and some people expect that he is in the best position to determine his own ability to govern a state?we practise a democracy for pete's sake.lets follow our constitution on spirit and letter

Expensiveman: JTF infact federal government should buy all those plane before boko..... Does because..... Dont say i didnt tell u

biafranqueen: Great info are you working on this project ? How high up is the Great Wall ? So that is what the reclaiming is about, because of the Wall the beaches can not be replenished . Wow so I can see very clear that Lagos is really an island surrounded completly by water. I mean I know we cross the bridge but I never saw it so clearly before until now.

Ishilove: Please stop posting maps... Thou shalt not tempt Musiwa!!

Ishilove:

ImperialYoruba: There might not be a terminus at Mopa but it does not mean the rails do not snake through its woods.

I thought it said Niger. How did Kogi come in?

awodman: @naptu I need you on this thread...can you confirm the above question?

Messi j: when u wrote yesterday did u put/post picture of corruption and did we nt understand. But a good iniatitive but why uniform and ist school uniform? Cant it make geans, u knw hw nigerians buy geans, wht of hollandis, my landlady fit die put 4 hollandis o.

shopyboy: WOW. I lOVE this post, a book or an encyclopedia has to be made from this, spent 3hrs reading this, lovely lovely. Wish other parts of Nigeria showed up from the archives tho

Abagworo: This Fulani issue is a national issue and requires urgent attention. Its all a matter of educating the herders on the difference between weed and crops.