8th August, 2020 SaturdayHeadlines StaySafe 1. Edo: Malami directs IGP to provide security for 17 lawmakers - 2. Tinubu: Obaseki’s actions gravest assault on democracy - Kingbiodun_ Sheikh_Shuayb SaturdayMotivation
He has directed the police authorities to provide the lawmakers with security, following a petition from their counsel as the political situation in the state continues to worsen.
“The law firm has requested that the affected members-elect, who were willing to discharge their constitutional roles, should be inaugurated or sworn in by the Clerk of the House. Counsel to the APC lawmakers, Dr.
“Since then, the Assembly has been run by 9 members to the exclusion of about 14 members-elect for no justifiable reason whatsoever. The members-elect have done everything possible to remedy the situation to no avail till date.“More than 60% of Edo State remains unrepresented in the Assembly to the detriment of the citizens of our country who make up such constituencies.
“This has escalated the poverty levels in such constituencies and there is a corresponding increase in crime and general insecurity in such areas. “Since the Members-elect were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, it is legally and politically incorrect to allow a party with minority membership of the House of Assembly to keep out 17 Memebrs-elect of the majority political party in the Huse. This is unconventional and very strange to the legislature world-wide.
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