The Benue State House of Assembly confirmed Timothy Yangien Ornguga’s nomination as commissioner in a twist on Tuesday.
Aondona Dajoh, the then Speaker, turned down Ornguga, a law lecturer at Benue State University last week.
However, Alfred Berger, the new Speaker, screened five more candidates, including the law professor, on Tuesday as he read a letter from Governor Hyacinth Alia.
The governor argued that despite the petitions filed against their nominations, the governor still believed the two nominees, James Dwem and Ornguga, had not been found guilty of any crime despite the appeal to clear them.
Surprisingly, when the speaker confirmed the two nominees without the customary voice votes, the lawmakers who had previously opposed their confirmation unanimously kept quiet.
In response to alleged attempting to remove Governor Alia from the House, the House suspended former speaker Dajoh for three months.
Dajoh’s suspension came after Terna Shimawua, a lawmaker representing Kyan State Constituency, moved the motion on Tuesday and James Umoru, a representative from Apa State Constituency, moved in response.
Interesting is that Shimawua, who submitted the motion, was one of the people who Dajoh suspended last Friday before resigning as Speaker.
Source: Channels TV
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