AKEREDOLU SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR AS LAGOS LEGISLATORS KNOCK ONDO STATE OVER CLOSURE OF PARLIAMENT

AKEREDOLU SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR AS

LAGOS LEGISLATORS KNOCK ONDO STATE

OVER CLOSURE OF PARLIAMENT

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

 

One of the earliest crisis that should be resolved immediately will be the opening of the Ondo state House of Assembly in Akure as a new Governor,Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu,Senior advocate of Nigeria[S.A.N]steps in as Governor replacing ,Dr Segun Abdulrahaman Oluwamumikomi commonly called Mimiko and iroko by admirers .

Earlier on in the day at  a packed stadium in Akure,Ondo state of Nigeria ,the lawyer turned politician was sworn in as the Governor of ondo state amidst expectations that he will use his wealth of experience as a   lawyer to turn things around in the state.

Legislators of the Lagos state House of Assembly at a session held on the valentine day of 14^th of February,2017 with Paedia Express Multimedia in attendance in Alausa,Ikeja,Lagos,Nigeria   had  spoken in very harsh tones at the recent closure order on their counterparts in Ondo state  under the auspices of the Inspector General of Police of the Federation..

Led by the Speaker of the House of Assembly,The Right Honourable Mudashiru Obasa ,about 15 to 20 members of the Lagos legislature were sad that the parliamentarians were not given their pride of place in the polity.

Honourable Obasa recalled with dismay that states like Kogi,Rivers,Ogun ,Ekiti and now Ondo states have witnessed such affronts on democracy in recent times and this was totally unacceptable and should never stand.

The legislators    then called on their counterparts in Ondo state and other state apparatus in ondo to allow reasons to prevail so that it will be re-opened sooner than later.

Earlier on in the session,about a dozen legislators legislators among which includes Nollywood great,Honourable Desmond Elliot spoke glowingly about the celebrations of the valentine day as they charged Nigerians’ from  all walks of life to spread love always.

In a related issue,well over 30 students and pupils of various educational institutions were also on hand at the Lagos state house of Assembly on an excursion program which enabled them study how the legislature works.

Some of the schools were the learning Fields,Home science,Tarkwa Private Schools,Toluence Private schools,Lagos state university,U.E.C. College among others.