Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said he is not involved in the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly. Fayose, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said: “It is not only ridiculous to link the executive arm of government with what is happening in the legislative arm,” saying “there is separation of powers among all tiers of government and Governor Fayose is not a member of the assembly.” According to him, “one does not need to be a professor of Mathematics to know that one-third of 26 is nine and the rules of the assembly is that nine members forms a quorum and when that number of lawmakers agree to sit and deliberate on issues, they are covered by the rules of the assembly. “For those having any doubt about the identity of the legislators attending the sitting of the assembly, the best place to find out is from the assembly. Anybody interested in that can contact the Clerk of the assembly. “The lawmakers have the constitutional rights to decide who leads them at any point in time. All the members are equal, choosing a leader among them is their constitutional duty and nobody can dictate to them who should be their leader at any point in time. “It is double speak for self-styled critics to attempt to drag the governor into what that has nothing to do with him. The same critics are pretending to be blind to happenings in some states, where the party they have sympathy for, the All Progressives Congress (APC) rules. Edo and Rivers states are typical and what is happening there is better imagined. In a related development, the state government has asked the police in the state to cooperate with the Olugbemi as the Speaker of the assembly. A statement by Adelusi quoted the Secretary to the Ekiti State government, Dr Modupe Alade, as calling “on the police to provide the full paraphernalia of office to the the new Speaker and the deputy without delay for a cordial working relationship between the assembly’s new leadership and the Fayose-led administration in order to move the state forward.” It said: “Dr Alade advised the rest of the honourable members, who had gone on self exile to return to perform what they were elected to do,” adding that “they should not stay in exile if truly they were elected.” He advised the former speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, to return all government property in his possession with immediate effect. The state government warned troublemakers to stay out of Ekiti, stressing that the law enforcement agents would not allow anybody to forment trouble. The government advised Ekiti people to go about with normal duties and continue to give their support to the administration.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:30:59 +0000
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