Jigawa Assembly resolves crisis, passes vote of confidence on speaker
Jigawa House of Assembly has resolved its internal crisis as lawmakers endorsed the Speaker, Haruna Aliyu in a unanimous vote of confidence on Wednesday.
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Jigawa House of Assembly has resolved its internal crisis as lawmakers endorsed the Speaker, Haruna Aliyu in a unanimous vote of confidence on Wednesday.
The House took the decision after the Chairman, Committee on Local Government Affairs, AminuTsubut, presented a motion for the suspension of the affected council chairmen.
Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen on the allegation of travelling outside the country without seeking permission from the state executive or legislature. The suspended chairmen included Mubarak Ahmed, Rufai Sunusi and Umar Baffa of Birniwa, Gumel, and Yankwashi LGAs, said to have travelled to Rwanda without permission. The…
The lawmakers claimed that the council chairpersons neither sought their permission nor that of the governor, before embarking on a trip.
This is an act of insubordination and nonchalant attitude to the primary responsibility which must be investigated immediately