Closure of Ekiti House of Assembly: APC's Plan B to frustrate Fayose's Govt

After failing to realise his ambition of becoming Ekiti State Acting Governor (hoping that Fayose's inauguration would not hold), Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dr Wale Omirin has ordered that Ekiti lawmakers should go on One Month Recess.

The Speaker claimed that the seven PDP members in the House were plotting to impeach him and for this, Ekiti must be hold to ransom.

For the avoidance doubt, there is no plan from the State Government to force the removal of the Speaker or anyone in the House of Assembly.

Most importantly, election and removal of the Speaker and other Principal Officers of the House of Assembly is the prerogative of the House Members, and not the duty of the Executive arm of government.

However, we are aware of the plan by the APC to frustrate the Ayodele Fayose-led government, using the party-dominated House of Assembly.

The plan is to prevent the governor from making statutory appointments like Commissioners and Special Advisers as well as presentation and passage of the 2015 Budget.

Therefore, by ordering that the Ekiti lawmakers should go on "One Month Recess," Dr Omirin is only acting the Plan B script of the APC. That is: "MAKE EKITI UNGOVERNABLE for Fayose the way they made the State ungovernable for Segun Oni."

However, we wish to assure the good people of Ekiti State that like their previous plans to subvert the will of Ekiti people, this APC Plan B, which is to frustrate the government will fail.

It is the desire of the Fayose-led government to provide a people-oriented government, and no plan by the opposition APC will be allowed to hold us down as a people.

Lere Olayinka
SA (Information and Social Media)
Contact me on 08034671763