EKSU stops APC legislators from holding Assembly December 21, 2014 The management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has opposed bid by the 19 All Progressives Congress lawakers of the Ekiti state House of Assembly to conduct their plenary in the institution. The management of the university said no political meetings would be allowed on the premises The opposition lawmakers had at their plenary presided over by the embattled Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, at a secret location in Ado-Ekiti on Friday resolved to hold their sittings and conduct normal legislative business at the Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. This followed a motion by the majority leader, Churchill Adedipe, to reconvene the Assembly at a public place within the state capital, outside the House of Assembly chambers for security reasons. He said the action was supported by Section 101 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). But in a statement issued by the Registrar of EKSU, Mr. Emmanuel Ogunyemi, the management of the university said no political meetings would be allowed on the premises. The statement read, “The attention of the Management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti has been drawn to news reports by Print and Electronic media organizations over plans by the All Progressives Congress Lawmakers in the Ekiti State House Of Assembly to hold plenary meetings on the university campus, “The University Management wishes to inform the general public that Ekiti State University premises is not open to political meetings and we state unequivocally that no legislative meeting was held on our campus has being speculated in some quarters and no such meetings would be allowed to hold in the university premises. “The university is a community of teachers and scholars and Ekiti state university is committed to excellence in teaching, learning, and research and should not be joined with unnecessary political issues.”
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:22:52 +0000