Following the lingering leadership crisis at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, some indigenes and residents of the State have called on the
Speaking to journalists during the protest and after submitting a petition to the Police authorities in Abuja, the convener of the forum, David Manga, explained that their demands were premised on the alleged partisanship of the Commissioner of Police in the State.
“Let it be emphasised sir, that the State House of Assembly established pursuant to the provisions of Section 90 of the Constitution is an independent legislative arm of government presided over by the Speaker of the House of Assembly.”Recall that crisis erupted after the inauguration of the State Assembly with the emergence of two speakers – Daniel Ogah Ogazi, representing Kokona East constituency and Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, a former speaker of the Assembly.
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