₦airaland Forum

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele
Fayose yesterday ordered the
House of Assembly Speaker’s
office shut.
Speaker Adewale Omirin’s
spokesman Mr. Wole Olujobi said
some men, acting on the
governor’s directive, came to the
office about 4pm, sealed it off
and seized the Speaker’s official
cars’ keys from the drivers, who
were told to go home.
On Monday, seven of the 26-
member House sat at the
chamber, without the speaker
and the deputy speaker.
Protected by policemen and a
band of thugs, they “approved”
the governor’s three
commissioner-nominees and the
list of members of caretaker
committees for the 16 local
government councils.
The rule of the House allows a
minimum of nine-member
quorum. To make up, “three
strange people” joined the seven
lawmakers.
But the governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
denied the sealing off of the
Speaker’s office. He described it
as “another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.
“We all know that the governor
could not have ordered the
speaker’s office be sealed up
(sic) because the existence of
Adewale Omirin is insignificant
to us and the people of Ekiti State
having lost the honour.
“Besides that, Omirin’s driver is
under the Assembly Commission,
which could employ, promote,
transfer or sack drivers and
other staff of the legislature.
“What does the happening in the
legislature or operations at the
Assembly by the commission got
to do with Governor Fayose?
Omirin is totally confused and
Ekiti people are fed up with their
lies. His cries now is (sic) a
ranting of an ant, he should be
ignored totally.”
The governor had earlier ordered
the freezing of the accounts of
the Assembly, cutting off
electricity supply to the Speaker’s
Lodge and stopping statutory
votes for the Speaker’s upkeep.
The governor also sacked the
Speaker’s and Deputy Speaker’s
and Majority Leader’s aides.
Fayose condemned the All
Progressives Congress (APC)
lawmakers for “seeking to
consolidate the interests of their
party rather than the general
interest of the people.”
Speaking through the Special
Assistant on Information, Mr
Lanre Ogunsuyi, Fayose alleged
that the APC lawmakers were
unpatriotic by trying to ‘arm-
twist’ him in passing the list of
commissioner-nominees.
“We expect the Assembly to see
themselves as representing Ekiti
people and they shouldn’t have
the House platform to advance
party’s interests. We are not
justifying the situation, but
Fayose cannot be blamed for self-
inflicted injuries Dr. Adewale
Omirin brought onto himself.”
Fayose urged the Speaker to
“stop misdirecting himself over
his woes”, noting that it was also
impossible for the governor to
freeze the Assembly’s accounts
as he did not operate them.
“They have their banks. We are
not going to freeze anybody’s
accounts,” he said.
Fayose urged the Speaker to look
“inwards” in resolving the crisis,
noting that the troubles with him
pre-date the coming of his
administration.
“We don’t expect the telationship
to be smoth because of party
differences and the lawmakers
have a right to reject Fayose only
if that is on the basis and
interest of Ekiti people but not to
do so for the interest of APC.
“The Speaker was not in any way
removed as being rumoured.
Members of the House of
Assembly and even the National
Assembly used to
have causes to change their
leadership. It is not a new thing
in our political history.
“In Edo State, the APC lawmakers
hold their sittings in the
Government
House while the PDP holds
separate sittings. Even in Rivers,
Judiciary and the House have
been experiencing similar
problems.
“They ordinarily ought to pass
the Attorney General for Ekiti to
sign agreement on contracts
and for the Commissioner of
Works to execute them and
without the Commissioner for
Finance, Ekiti cannot access the
N2 billion loan from the Central
Bank of Nigeria. Something
honourable for any House to
have done is to pass this without
any controversy.”
Ogunsuyi also insisted that the
fact that only 16 members
attended the news conference in
Ikere-Ekiti was a confirmation
that 10 members of the Assembly
sat on Monday in the absence of
the substantive Speaker to ratify
Fayose’s list of commissioner-
nominees, special advisers and
the allowance to constitute
council caretaker committees. “If
you agree that 16 were there at
the meeting, look for the names
of those who were not there and
you would know the identities of
the three lawmakers that
enabled PDP to form a quorum,”
he said.
On the sack of Speaker’s aides,
the governor said: “It was the
same House during the
immediate past administration
that passed the Law which
empowers the Governor to fire
and hire aides for the Speaker
and his Deputy and even aides to
Local Government Chairmen. So,
this Assembly enacted the law I
applied as already applied by the
last administration.
His words: “I even learnt that he
said the electricity supply to his
House has been cut . It smacks of
insensitivity for a number three
man to be crying wolf over this
when the same government he
served is indebted to the
electricity company to the tune of
N133 million.”

This Fayose sha... I just like him because he takes no poooo

Who dare slaps Oba (a king) ? Only FAYOSE can do that


Lest I forget

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Good. The people of Ekiti have made their bed, and so shall they lie in it.

#NoRegrets.

A tout will always be a tout.

Fayose.....

“another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.

fayose, na so u carry come?

A Leopard cannot change his skin! Anyway trust Ekiti people, he will soon push them to the wall and we will hear stories that touched about him.......

Ekiti!Ready to bear d consequences of una actions oooo.but don't pray to God cos He had already given us brains to use.

(But the governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
denied the sealing off of the
Speaker’s office. He described it
as “another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.
“We all know that the governor
could not have ordered the
speaker’s office be sealed up
(sic) because the existence of
Adewale Omirin is insignificant
to us and the people of Ekiti State
having lost the honour.)
Spare us d. Bullshit.Is d office of d speaker sealed or not?

[s][/s](But the governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
denied the sealing off of the
Speaker’s office. He described it
as “another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.
“We all know that the governor
could not have ordered the
speaker’s office be sealed up
(sic) because the existence of
Adewale Omirin is insignificant
to us and the people of Ekiti State
having lost the honour.)
Spare us d. Bullshit.Is d office of d speaker sealed or not?(But the governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
denied the sealing off of the
Speaker’s office. He described it
as “another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.
“We all know that the governor
could not have ordered the
speaker’s office be sealed up
(sic) because the existence of
Adewale Omirin is insignificant
to us and the people of Ekiti State
having lost the honour.)
Spare us d. Bullshit.Is d office of d speaker sealed or not?(But the governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi,
denied the sealing off of the
Speaker’s office. He described it
as “another falsehood coming
from a confused speaker”.
“We all know that the governor
could not have ordered the
speaker’s office be sealed up
(sic) because the existence of
Adewale Omirin is insignificant
to us and the people of Ekiti State
having lost the honour.)
Spare us d. Bullshit.Is d office of d speaker sealed or not?

PDP ALWAYS THE GENESIS OF ANY VIOLENCE. Like saTAN.

When u elect an area boy expect such

APC, lawmakers having the majority are up to something in Ekiti state. They are trying to frustrate the state goverment and if measures are not taken by the new administration maybe they will unseat the gov soon. So, the gov knows what the APC lawmakers are upto and consider it wise to move faster than them.

Tyranny reigns in Ekiti.

tosyne2much:
This Fayose sha... I just like him because he takes no poooo

Who dare slaps Oba (a king) ? Only FAYOSE can do that


Lest I forget

[size=15pt] PLS KINDLY VOTE 4 ME TODAY (TOSYNE2MUCH). GOD BLESS [/size]

With this ur comment about fayose u still expect people esp people like me to vote for u ? So slapping OBA now to u is a normal n a good tin abi ? If u win dis content then whoever vote for u has voted wrongly. Mind ur words accordingly

Rexnegro:
With this ur comment about fayose u still expect people esp people like me to vote for u ? So slapping OBA now to u is a normal n a good tin abi ? If u win dis content then whoever vote for u has voted wrongly. Mind ur words accordingly

Bros calm down.. You don't need a prophet to tell you I was only kidding and that I'm contesting for Mr Nairaland doesn't mean I'm restricted to joke ( I won't become an hypocrite like so people just to have me voted ) so pls don't use ur comment to make a bad impression towards me

BTW, He's my Governor