Crisis engulfed the Plateau
State House of Assembly on Thursday as ten Peoples Democratic Party
lawmakers staged a walk out over the six-month tenure extension of the
management committee chairmen of the 17 local government councils in the
state.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Peter Azi had read
a communication from governor Simon Lalong asking for the extension of
the tenure of the management Committee chairmen to six months for
stability and focus.
According to the governor, the six-month
extension is to allow the government to put some necessary machinery in
place for a conducive conduct of council poll in the state.
Contributing on the floor of the
assembly, the member representing Kantana state constituency under the
platform of PDP and deputy speaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi said they were in
the receipt of eleven petitions against the management committee
chairmen.
According to him, if the management
committee chairmen were doing well, there would not be petition against
them, most especially as the petitions were coming from the APC.
He pointed out that there were
allegations of massive corruption leveled against the management
committee chairmen, arguing that their tenure should not be extended
more that two months.
Also speaking, member representing Jos
North, North constituency, Hon. Ibrahim Baba Hassan urged the house to
consider the six-month tenure extension to pave way for proper planning
of council election in the state.
However, just as the speaker, Hon. Peter
Azi had wanted to put the motion on a voice vote, 10 PDP lawmakers
staged a walk-out from the assembly chamber.
The House eventually extended the tenure of the Management committee chairmen to six months.
culled from ViewpointNigeria