Five members were suspended from the House of Assembly in Benue, Benue on Tuesday.
The lawmakers were suspended for three sittings for allegedly disagreeing with the report on the Chairman’s, Otukpo Local Government Area, Maxwell Ogiri, according to Terver Zamber, the chief press secretary to the speaker.
Hon. was chosen by him. Hon. Shimawua Terna Hon. Matthew Damkor Hon. Cephas Dyako Hon. and Moses Egbodo. According to Isaac Echekliye, they are all members of the House Standing Committee on Local Government, Security, and Chieftaincy Affairs.
The committee chairman and members deviated from the actual findings when the report was presented on the house’s floor, according to the statement.
A five-member ad-hoc committee led by Hon. Ipusu to conduct further investigation and find out what is actually happening.
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Accordingly, the house ordered the Otukpo Local Government Chairman to step down from office and suspend the members of the committee for three sessions in order to protect him from punishment.
See the following statement:
FIVE MEMBERS ARE SUBSCREENED IN THE BENUE ASSEMBLY.
House of Assembly in Benue, Benue members were suspended for three sittings today because they disagreed with the chairman’s report on his and the area’s activities, Hon. Otukpo Local Government Area. Maxwell Ogiri .
Hon. Hon. Shimawua Terna Hon. Matthew Damkor Hon. Cephas Dyako Hon. and Moses Egbodo. They all belong to the House Standing Committee on Local Government, Security, and Chieftaincy Affairs, led by Isaac Echekliye.
Observe the Hon. Chairman of the Local Government, Security, and Chieftainship Affairs Committee. The house gave Terna Shimawua and the committee members the task of looking into allegations of abuse of office and misappropriation of local government funds by the chairman Otukpo Local Government Hon. Maxwell Ogiri .
The committee’s chairman and members deviated from the actual findings when the report was presented on the house’s floor.
A five-member ad-hoc committee led by Hon. Ipusu to conduct further investigation and find out what is actually happening.
In order to protect the chairman of the Otukpo Local Government from punishment, the house suspended the members of the entire committee for three sittings while disclosing the truth about the misappropriation, abuse of office, and closure of the Legislative Chamber.
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