The Plateau State House of Assembly has been paralyzed for months due to the speaker's refusal to swear in 16 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers declared winners of last year's legislative poll. The governor met with the lawmakers after they were finally sworn in, raising questions about the speaker's motives.
of Plateau State and House of Assembly speaker Gabriel Dewan paralysed the State House of Assembly for months by refusing to swear in 16 All Progressives Congress lawmakers declared winners of last year’s legislative poll by the Court of Appeal last November. They pussyfooted until last Friday before mystifyingly swearing in nine of the lawmakers, including a Labour Party legislator. Thereafter the governor met the lawmakers, saluted their ‘independence’ and enthused over their legislative work.
Hon Dewan’s procrastinations are unjustifiable but understandable. He has nothing to lose. What is perplexing is the governor’s flagrant disobedience to court judgement and the constitution. He has misled the Plateau public, muddled up the legal case against his party, engaged in self-help, and pretended not to be involved in the dilatoriness enacted by the obsequious Hon Dewan. No, the governor is culpable. He is behind the whole saga, and he continues to pull the strings.
Mr Mutfwang should put a halt to the foolishness in the State House of Assembly. He is a lawyer who claims to be a man of faith; he can’t say he does not know what to do. Hon Dewan privately claimed his disinclination to swear in the rest seven lawmakers was due to certain documents at his disposal.
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