There are rumors that the government of Enugu State is preparing to secretly inaugurate the state’s 8th Assembly without the majority of the members-elect of the Labour Party (LP).
It was learned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has the minority members-elect at the leadership of the House, had covert talks with the state governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, regarding steps to be taken to install the PDP.
An unnamed source told Daily Sun that the clerk had promised the governor during the meeting that the possibility of generating PDP leadership could occur “without the Labour Party members-elect raising any objection.”
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This platform is aware that the Labour Party has 14, which is the majority in the house, compared to the PDP’s 10, which are members-elect.
According to the source, the clerk proposed that a proclamation be issued and the day announced without a precise time in an effort to push for a PDP leadership in the House.
“With this gap in time, our source said, “he plans to invite only the members-elect of the PDP at an odd time and get them inaugurated in the absence of members-elect of the Labour Party.
“Further to this plot, the Clerk had allegedly relieved the Sergeant-at-Arms of his duty. The man popularly known as Dangerman was alleged to have been stopped from performing the duty forthwith on a flimsy reason that he is an “old man,” the source claimed.
The Enugu clerk, Udaya, however, refuted the allegation in response, calling it an absurd rumor.
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He claims he is unaware of any plans for a covert inauguration because Governor Mbah has not yet sent a proclamation and his office would be having an orientation for the members-elect in Enugu starting on Thursday.
He submitted that “I should know if there’s anything like that, so, I’m telling you that it’s a very foolish opinion because it’s not the clerk that sends proclamation for the house. It comes from His Excellency the Governor, not the clerk. It’s only that it’s the clerk that conducts the election on the day he’s informed that the house will be inaugurated, the venue and the time. This thing is done openly and not clandestinely. So, it’s not true that there will be a secret inauguration.
“A lot of people say what they don’t know about and they don’t care to clear facts. The clerk doesn’t issue the proclamation, he acts on the directive of the Executive who issues the date and time.
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“For instance, if a state assembly is sworn in on the 20th of June, their tenure would end on the 19th of June next four years, and if it’s on the 10th, it ends on the 9th of the same month in four years. So, no states have the same day of swearing-in by law. If you have two or three states doing that same day, it’s mere coincidence.”
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