By Eniola Amadu
The Benue State House of Assembly has suspended former Speaker, Aondona Dajoh, for three months over an alleged attempt to impeach Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Dajoh’s suspension came after a motion was moved by Teena Shimawua, the lawmaker representing Kyan state constituency and backed up by James Umoru of the Apa state constituency.
Surprisingly, Dajoh had suspended some lawmakers last week before his resignation, and Shimawua, who tabled the motion, was one of them.
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Alfred Berger, the speaker who presided over the motion reduced the former speaker’s suspension from six to three months without initiating the usual votes on the issue.
Timothy Ornguga, a law lecturer at Benue State University, who was rejected by the former speaker, Dajoh, has been approved by the assembly as commissioner.
Also, five more nominees were screened including the law professor by Berger, while reading the letter received from the state governor, Alia.
However, the new Speaker stated that the governor maintained the two nominees — Ornguga and James Dwem — previously rejected by the former Speaker had not been found guilty of any crime, despite the petitions submitted against them.
Interestingly, lawmakers who had earlier opposed their approval remained silent as the Speaker endorsed the two nominees without the regular voice vote.
The House reinstated three political officeholders who had previously been suspended by the governor.
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They include Grace Adagba, Chairman of the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board; Maxwell Ogiri, Chairman of Otukpo Local Government; and Michael Uper, Secretary of the State Lottery Board.
