Tag: Ekiti Assembly
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Fayemi assents to 8 bills as 5th Ekiti Assembly ends
Eight bills have been assented to by Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti as part of activities marking the end of the fifth Assembly in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a new 26-member Assembly made up of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would be inaugurated on Thursday. Fayemi…
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Drama as Ekiti Assembly suspends PDP lawmaker for ‘interrupting’ speaker
The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday banned former Deputy Speaker and Peoples Democratic Party member, Segun Adewumi (Ekiti West Constituency 1) for six weeks for alleged undue interruption of the Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada. The suspension followed verbal exchange between the Speaker and the former deputy Speaker at the plenary, prompting the Speaker to…
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Fayemi sends list of commissioner-nominees to Ekiti Assembly
Ekiti State Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday forwarded a list of 14 Commissioners- nominees to the House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Fayemi transmitted a letter to the Assembly, requesting for legislative approval to constitute the state executive council. The Speaker, Adeniran Alagbada, who read the Governor’s letter to his colleagues at plenary,…
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Ekiti Assembly impeaches Deputy Speaker for second time
Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday removed the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewumi, for alleged gross misconduct. Adewumi, (Ekiti West Constituency I) in the assembly was elected on June 6, 2015 as the number two man in the Assembly. He was removed in 2018 by pro-Ayodele Fayose lawmakers for alleged disloyalty. The PDP lawmaker…
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Ekiti Assembly denies impeachment move, passes vote of confidence on Fayose
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have said they have confidence in the State governor, Ayodele Fayose. The lawmakers also distanced themselves from the alleged plot to impeach the governor following the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate in the July 14 governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The Speaker of the…
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Lawmakers order indefinite closure of Ekiti Assembly
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has been shut indefinitely over alleged invasion by strange policemen. The Speaker, Kola Oluwawole, announced this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Thursday. He said the shutting down of the Assembly became necessary because two units of heavily armed riot-policemen stormed the premises on Wednesday without an…
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Ekiti Assembly rejects election results, adjourns sitting till October
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday condemned and rejected the result of last Saturday governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was defeated incumbent Deputy Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as declared by…
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Alleged N852bn scam: Fayemi has no moral standing to be Minister – Ekiti Assembly
…orders Gov. Fayose to set up Judicial Panel to probe his administration Sequel to the alleged discrepancies in the finances of the Ekiti State under the immediate past Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the State House of Assembly on Thursday said the former governor has no moral standing to remain as a minister of the Federal…
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JUST IN: Ekiti Assembly slams N1m fine on ex-gov, Kayode Fayemi
The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday imposed a N1m fine on the immediate past governor of the state and current Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The Assembly slammed the Minister with the fine for failing to honour the three summons served on him. The decision to fine Fayemi was…